# 酒 — sake; rice wine

酒 means “sake; rice wine”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 10 strokes. On'yomi: シュ (shu). Kun'yomi: さけ (sake).

- Meaning: sake; rice wine
- On'yomi: シュ (shu)
- Kun'yomi: さけ (sake)
- Strokes: 10
- Level: JLPT N3 · set A bit of everything 1

## How to remember 酒

Water (氵) from the jar (酉): sake.

Parts: 氵 water · 酉 jar

## Don't confuse it with

[西](https://moji.ninja/n5-kanji/west/) · [四](https://moji.ninja/n5-kanji/four/) · [両](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/both/)

## More in the “A bit of everything 1” set

[米](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/rice/) · [革](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/leather/) · [夫](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/husband/) · [消](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/extinguish/) · [育](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/bring-up/) · [酒](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/sake/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/sake/. Last updated 2026-11-01.