Kanji 汁: soup, juice, broth, sap, gravy, pus

Key takeaways

Kanji 汁: soup, juice, broth, sap, gravy, pus. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

汁

Meaning

soupjuicebrothsapgravypus

On reading

じゅう

Kun reading

しる-しるつゆ

Radical

水

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 汁

soup, juice, broth, sap, gravy, pus

Kanji structure breakdown

汁

Structure breakdown

氵 + 十

Mnemonic story

Imagine ten (十) drops of water (氵) coming together to form a concentrated juice or broth. It refers to the liquid extracted from fruits or meat.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

Kun reading

しる

汁しる
juice / soup / broth

Commonly used words

汁
しる
juice / soup / broth

Example sentences

Example 1

豆腐の灰汁を取り除く。

Translation

Remove the bitterness from the tofu.

Example 2

野菜の灰汁でスープが濁った。

Translation

The soup got cloudy because of the vegetables' scum.

Example 3

このみかんの汁は甘いです。

Translation

The juice of this orange is sweet.

Example 4

味噌汁の汁があついです。

Translation

The broth of the miso soup is hot.

Kanji 汁: soup, juice, broth, sap, gravy, pus

Kanji at a glance

Core meaning / core image

Kanji structure breakdown

Mnemonic story

On'yomi and kun'yomi

Kun reading

Commonly used words

Example sentences

灰汁 (あく): meaning and examples

汁 (しる): meaning and examples