Entry
  1. Noun

    vinegar mixed with ginger juice and soy sauce, etc.

    Food, cooking

Also written しょうが酢【しょうがず】ショウガ酢【しょうがず】生薑酢【しょうがず】

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Characters in this word

3
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

life, genuine, birth

Kun
い.きるい.かすい.けるう.まれるうま.れるう.まれうまれう.むお.うは.えるは.やすなまなま-な.るな.すむ.す-う
On
セイショウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
29 of 2500
Radical
life
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

あさいきいくいけうぶうまいおいぎゅうくるみごせじょうすぎそうちるなばにうにゅうもうよいりゅう

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-5-2SKIP code
0a5.29The Kanji Dictionary
2510.0Four corner code
2472deroo
751fUnicode hex code
1-32-24JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2991Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3715New Nelson (John Haig)
3497New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4309Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2179Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2933Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1555Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1675Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
29A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
214Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
67Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21670Morohashi
42A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
44Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
44Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
34sakade
71Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
44henshall3
43Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
9crowley
49Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.4busy_people
1327Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1569Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
sheng1Pinyin reading
saengKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

Chinese surname, ginger

Kun
こう
On
キョウ
Strokes
9
Frequency
1915 of 2500
Radical
woman

Built from

Used in names as

かん

Dictionary and index codes (10)
CodeReference
2-3-6SKIP code
2o7.5The Kanji Dictionary
8040.4Four corner code
59dcUnicode hex code
1-53-10JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3657Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1210New Nelson (John Haig)
6205Morohashi
jiang1Pinyin reading
gangKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

vinegar, sour, acid, tart

Kun
On
サク
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1955 of 2500
Radical
wine
WaniKani
Level 35

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-7-5SKIP code
7e5.3The Kanji Dictionary
1861.1Four corner code
3254deroo
9162Unicode hex code
1-31-61JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4783Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6169New Nelson (John Haig)
1516New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1910Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1016Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1373Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1434Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1542Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1633A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1654Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1605Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
39824Morohashi
1300A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1867Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2027Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1833Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1596Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1592Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1792Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1446Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zuo4Pinyin reading
cho, jagKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
35WaniKani level