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汁

soup, juice, broth, sap, gravy, pus

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes5

Readings

On'yomi

  • ジュウ

Kun'yomi

  • しる
  • -しる
  • つゆ

Meaning

汁 centers on liquid extracted or released from something: soup, juice, broth, sap, gravy, and even bodily fluid like pus. The common thread is a flavorful or meaningful liquid that comes from a source.

Most common words using 汁

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  • 汁しる
    N2

    juice; sap

  • 味噌汁みそしる
    N1

    miso soup

  • 果汁かじゅう

    fruit juice

  • 豚汁とんじる

    pork miso soup; miso soup with pork and vegetables

  • 肉汁にくじゅう

    meat soup; bouillon; juices (from grilled meat); gravy

  • 汁粉しるこ

    shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi

  • 汁物しるもの

    soup

  • 胆汁たんじゅう

    bile; gall

  • 煮汁にじる

    broth

  • 灰汁あく
    N1

    lye

  • 墨汁ぼくじゅう

    India ink; China ink

  • 苦汁にがり

    bittern; concentrated solution of salts (esp. magnesium chloride) left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine

  • だし汁だしじる

    broth; stock; sauce

  • 乳汁にゅうじゅう

    milk (of a mammal)

  • 一汁一菜いちじゅういっさい

    one-plate meal; simple meal; austerity diet

  • 鼻汁はなじる

    (liquid) nasal mucus; nasal discharge; pituita; snot

  • 苦汁くじゅう

    bitter liquid; bitter experience

  • 汁気しるけ

    juice

  • あら汁あらじる

    soup made from boiling leftover fish scraps; fishhead soup

  • うまい汁うまいしる

    the lion's share; the cream

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Study

Etymology

汁 combines 氵 (water) with 十, which likely acts as a phonetic component. The character expresses liquid, especially flavorful or extracted liquid.

Meaning mnemonic

Water 氵 plus ten 十: imagine ten different liquids—soup, juice, broth, sap, gravy, pus—all flowing together. 汁 is the catch-all for extracted liquids.

Reading mnemonic

For ジュウ, picture ten (十, じゅう) bowls of soup lined up: 十 -> ジュウ, and each bowl is filled with 汁.