Kanji
酌
N1
10 strokes
Grade 8
freq #2271
bar-tending, serving sake, the host, draw (water), ladle
On'yomi (音読み)
シャク
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
く.む
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
媒酌
ばいしゃく
matchmaking; acting as a go-between
晩酌
ばんしゃく
drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink
情状酌量
じょうじょうしゃくりょう
taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
小酌
しょうしゃく
drinking together in a small group
対酌
たいしゃく
sitting across from each other and drinking together
酌量減軽
しゃくりょうげんけい
reduction of punishment in the light of extenuating circumstances
相酌
あいじゃく
drinking alcohol while pouring it for each other
手酌酒
てじゃくさけ
pouring one's own drinks; drinking alone
酌
しゃく
pouring alcohol
未練未酌
みれんみしゃく
regret and sympathy; having lingering attachment and sympathy toward someone
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
お酌
おしゃく
pouring alcohol
未練未酌がない
みれんみしゃくがない
unsympathetic and inconsiderate; coldhearted
意を酌む
いをくむ
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what someone feels (using one's intuition)
酌む
くむ
to pour (sake); to serve
酌み交わす
くみかわす
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
Example sentences
彼(かれ)が若(わか)いのだと言(い)う事(こと)をしんしゃくしてやる方(かた)がよい。
You had better take his youth into account.
夜(よる)どおしシャンペンが酌み交(くみか)わされた。
Champagne flowed all night.