酎

酎 · zhòu

double-fermented wine, vintage wine

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zhòu
Cantonese
zau6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

double-fermented wine, vintage wine

Dictionary definitions & readings

酎 zhòu · strong wine

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63573.050:zhòu Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1506.020:zhòu Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
483.050:zhòu Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhòu粵zau6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
チュウ ジュ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
주:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
直祐 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MWDI Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1460.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1280.100 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
435.03 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1073c Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+914E
Radical
酉 · 164
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
3
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6965

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

10 strokes
酎
Strokes
10
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

10 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
drjuwH · 直祐 · 流開三去尤澄 · #3033

PHONO-ML, source line 15781; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1349.601
kDaeJaweon
1779.060
kGSR
1073c
kHanYu
63573.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
1779.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63573.050
kIRGKangXi
1280.100
kKangXi
1280.100
kMorohashi
39772
kNelson
4777
kSBGY
435.03
kSMSZD2003Index
709.06
kCangjie
MWDI
kFourCornerCode
1460.0
kMojiJoho
MJ026443
kPhonetic
277 1513
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-747C
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D440
kIRG_JSource
J0-4371
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E9FE
kIRG_KSource
K0-714F
kIRG_TSource
T2-3343
kRSUnicode
164.3
kTotalStrokes
10
kBigFive
D440
kCCCII
234043
kCNS1986
2-3343
kCNS1992
2-3343
kEACC
234043
kGB0
8492
kGB1
8492
kJis0
3581
kJoyoKanji
2010
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
6793
kTGH
2013:6965
kTaiwanTelegraph
6793
kXerox
307:164
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+2991+41.3.7 C+2991+164.7.3
kCantonese
zau6
kDefinition
double-fermented wine, vintage wine
kFanqie
直祐
kHangul
주:0N
kHanyuPinyin
63573.050:zhòu
kJapanese
チュウ ジュ
kJapaneseKun
KAMOSU
kJapaneseOn
CHUU
kKorean
CWU
kMandarin
zhòu
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhòu粵zau6
kTGHZ2013
483.050:zhòu
kXHC1983
1506.020:zhòu

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
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⿰ Left / right

Shape description
酉 beside 寸 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰酉寸$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰酉寸$(GHTJKP)

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