Kanji

醬

Meaning

any jam-like or paste-like food

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • ひしお

On'yomi

  • しょう ゆ soy sauce
  • ていえん しょう ゆ low-salt soy sauce (containing around 13% salt)
  • げんえん しょう ゆ low-salt soy sauce (containing less than 9% salt)

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/18

Component Analysis

醬
any jam-like or paste-like food
ひしお, ショウ
將
commander, general, admiral
まさ.に, はた, ショウ
爿
left-side kata radical (no. 90)
ショウ, ソウ
酉
west, bird, sign of the bird...
とり, ユウ
西
( 襾 ) west, Spain
にし, セイ, サイ
一
one, one radical (no.1)
ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ
西
( 襾 ) west, Spain
にし, セイ, サイ

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