Memory phrase for the character: 酸

酸

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Meaning

sour, acid, bitter

Pronunciation

SAN
suppai, sui

Explanation

 Left: wine jar 酉, right: 夋 (nose ム, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂 [= sitting cross-legged])

Mnemonic
 
Wine that smells in the nose like legs and feet is sour.

Radicals

酉 alcoholWine jug, possibly also to be understood as a simplification of the sake barrel 畐.
夋 ???
夂 crossed legsThis radical is either understood as sitting with crossed legs or an upturned foot.




 Vocabulary

酸 さん  acid
酸っぱい すっぱい  sour, acid
炭酸 たんさん  carbonic acid
酸性 さんせい  acidity
酸化 さんか  oxidation
酸素 さんそ  oxygen
胃酸 いさん  stomach acid; gastric acid
酢酸 さくさん  acetic acid

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