汁
soup, juice, broth, sap, gravy, pus
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
20 of 110- 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
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.