醸

See also: 釀 and 酿

醸 U+91B8, 醸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91B8 ← 醷 [U+91B7] CJK Unified Ideographs 醹 → [U+91B9]

Translingual

Traditional	釀
Shinjitai	醸
Simplified	酿

Han character

醸 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+13, 20 strokes, cangjie input 一田卜金女 (MWYCV), composition ⿰酉㐮)

1. brew, ferment
2. to stuff

Related characters

• 嬢 譲 壌

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1288, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40064
• Dae Jaweon: page 1789, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3601, character 8
• Unihan data for U+91B8

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 醸 – see 釀 (“to brew; to ferment; to make; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 釀).

Japanese

Shinjitai	醸
Kyūjitai	釀

Glyph origin

Japanese shinjitai. Simplified from 釀 (襄 → 㐮).

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 醸

醸

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 釀)

1. to brew
2. to cause

Readings

• Go-on: にょう (nyō)
• Kan-on: じょう (jō, Jōyō)
• Kun: かもす (kamosu, 醸す, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 醸成(じょうせい) (jōsei): brew, ferment
• 物議(ぶつぎ)を醸(かも)す (butsugi o kamosu): to create public buzz and discussion (especially of a controversy)