酌
酌·pour (sake), serve a drink, take into account
- On-yomi
- シャク
- Kun-yomi
- く(む)
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 晩酌 | ばんしゃく | an evening drink at home with dinner |
| お酌 | おしゃく | pouring a drink for someone |
| 酌量 | しゃくりょう | taking circumstances into consideration |
| 情状酌量 | じょうじょうしゃくりょう | allowance for extenuating circumstances |
Example sentences
父は毎晩晩酌を欠かさない。
ちちはまいばんばんしゃくをかかさない。
My father never misses his evening drink.
宴会で上司にお酌をした。
えんかいでじょうしにおしゃくをした。
At the party I poured a drink for my boss.
裁判所は情状酌量の余地があると判断した。
さいばんしょはじょうじょうしゃくりょうのよちがあるとはんだんした。
The court found room for mitigating circumstances.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 晩酌 as ばんしゅく — it is ばんしゃく
- Forgetting the figurative sense: 酌量 is about weighing circumstances, not pouring anything
Memory aid
Picture it
The sake jar 酉 beside a ladle 勺: dipping the ladle into the jar — pouring someone a drink, and by extension ladling out fair consideration.
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