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汁

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juice

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HSK 3.0
Level 3
Old HSK
Level 4
Strokes
5
Radical
水 +2
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
汁
Common rank
#1,570
Unicode
U+6C41

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Formation & memory

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How 汁 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 十 sound ( shí )

Components 氵 十

How to remember it

juice · Heisig RSH #148

水 water + needle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 汁

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
果汁机 guǒ zhī jī blender (device); juicer
原汁原味 yuán zhī yuán wèi original; authentic
调味肉汁 tiáo wèi ròu zhī gravy
美汁源 Měi zhī yuán Minute Maid
汁水 zhī shuǐ (dialect) juice
调味汁 tiáo wèi zhī dressing; sauce
出汁 chū zhī dashi (soup stock used in Japanese cuisine) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese)
根汁汽水 gēn zhī qì shuǐ root beer
多汁 duō zhī succulent; juicy
原汁 yuán zhī juice (extracted from fresh fruit or vegetables); stock (obtained by simmering meat)
耗子尾汁 hào zi wěi zhī you're on your own (pun on 好自為之|好自为之[hao3 zi4 wei2 zhi1])
肉汁 ròu zhī meat stock
果汁 guǒ zhī fruit juice
脑汁 nǎo zhī brains
底汁 dǐ zhī stock (cooking); base (of sauce or gravy)
料汁 liào zhī seasoning liquid; prepared sauce mixture; dressing
豆汁 dòu zhī douzhi, fermented drink made from ground mung beans; soy milk
糖汁 táng zhī syrup
乳汁 rǔ zhī milk; (botany) latex
奶汁 nǎi zhī milk from a woman's breast; milk (used in the names of dishes to indicate white sauce)

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 十 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
十 sound part shí ten, tenth; complete; perfect
计 jì to calculate, to count; to plan, to reckon; plot, scheme
质 zhì essence, nature; material, substance
协 xié to assist; to cooperate, to join; to harmonize
隼 sǔn falcon, eagle; an aquiline nose