酸 = 酉 + 夋

酸 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “tart”. It is built from 酉 (a wine vessel) and 夋 (to dawdle).

Keyword: tart
Pinyin (Mandarin): suān
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: tart, sour, кислый, терпкий, sour
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 酸 acid

Decomposition

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酉 a wine vessel
夋 to dawdle

How to find 酸 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “a wine vessel” + “to dawdle”. 酸 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 酸 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.