汁 meaning and stroke order
Juice
How to write 汁, stroke by stroke
5 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 汁
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- juice
How 汁 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Water.
氵 gives the meaning and 十 hints at the sound.
Radical: 氵 (water), shared by 467 characters on this site.
How to remember 汁
汁 combines the water radical 氵 with 十 (shí). Picture liquid squeezed out of ten pieces of fruit, and 十 also hints at the sound.
汁 rarely stands alone and usually attaches to a food word to name its juice or sauce, as in 果汁 (guǒzhī) and 肉汁 (ròuzhī). Example: 我要一杯橙汁。(Wǒ yào yì bēi chéngzhī.) I'd like a glass of orange juice.
Common mistake: Learners often say it with the second tone like 十 (shí), but 汁 is first tone, zhī, with a zh sound and no rising pitch. Also do not confuse it with 汗 (hàn, sweat), which has 干 on the right instead of 十.
Common words with 汁
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
汁 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 汁
How many strokes are in 汁?
汁 is written with 5 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 汁 mean?
汁 (zhī) means juice. A common word with it is 果汁 (guǒzhī), meaning "fruit juice".
How do you pronounce 汁?
汁 is pronounced zhī, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 汁?
The radical of 汁 is 氵, which carries the idea of "water". Dictionaries list 汁 under this radical.
Is 汁 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 汁 is part of the HSK 3 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard, and you are expected to write it by hand from HSK 3.
What does 绞尽脑汁 mean literally?
Literally it means to wring out all the juice of the brain. It is used like the English "rack one's brains" when someone thinks very hard about a problem.
Is 汁 the same as 水 for drinks?
No. 水 (shuǐ) is water in general, while 汁 is liquid that comes out of something, like fruit, meat or ginger. So juice is 果汁, not 果水.