酒(jiǔ)

HSK 210 strokes

wine (esp. rice wine)

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Character information

Pinyin
jiǔ
Meaning
wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage; CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 酒 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰氵酉

A jar 酉 of wine 氵; 酉 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

氵shuǐ酉yǒu

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 酒 step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 酒

Common words using 酒 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jiǔ酒diàn店
HSK 2

wine shop

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pí啤jiǔ酒
HSK 3

beer (loanword)

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hóng红jiǔ酒
HSK 3

red wine

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jiǔ酒bā吧
HSK 4

bar (place to buy drinks)

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bái白jiǔ酒
HSK 5

baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum

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jiǔ酒guǐ鬼
HSK 5

drunkard

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pú葡táo萄jiǔ酒
HSK 5

(grape) wine

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jiǔ酒shuǐ水
HSK 6

alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (e.g. on a menu)

Open 酒水 page →

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万且业为主举久乐

From 酒’s common words

店啤红吧白鬼葡萄

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