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酌 = 酉 + 勺

酌 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “bartending”. It is built from 酉 (sign of the bird) and 勺 (ladle). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1536.

Keyword
bartending
RTK frame
1536
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シャク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
く.む
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
bar-tending, бармен
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
酌 serve wine

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 酉 sign of the bird
  2. 勺 ladle

How to find 酌 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sign of the bird” + “ladle”. 酌 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 酌 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.