酸(suān)

HSK 414 strokes

sour

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Character information

Pinyin
suān
Meaning
sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching; pedantic; impractical; to make sarcastic remarks about sb; an acid
Strokes
14
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 酸 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰酉夋

Wine 酉 aged too long 夋; 夋 also provides the pronunciation

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

Made of

酉yǒu夋qūn

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 酸 step by step

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

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Words with 酸

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

xīn心suān酸
HSK 7-9

to feel sad

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yǐ乙suān酸

acetic acid (CH3COOH); ethanoic acid

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rǔ乳suān酸

lactic acid

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fǎn反suān酸

acid reflux; regurgitation

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bǐng丙ān氨suān酸

alanine (Ala), an amino acid

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bǐng丙xī烯suān酸

acrylic acid C3H4O2

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bǐng丙xī烯suān酸zhǐ酯

acrylic ester

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rǔ乳suān酸jūn菌

lactic acid bacteria

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丈与严临之乎亚企

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心乙乳反丙氨烯酯

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