酌 means “pour sake, take into account”

しゃく · shaku

Also: bar-tending, serving sake, the host, draw (water)

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): くむ
On'yomi (Chinese reading): シャク

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 10 strokes

The story

A sake jar (酉) beside a ladle (勺): drawing a drink to pour. At a Japanese table you fill other people's cups, お酌, rather than your own, 晩酌 is a drink with dinner at home, and 酌量 is weighing someone's circumstances.

Used in お酌 (oshaku, pouring for someone), 晩酌 (banshaku, evening drink at home), and 情状酌量 (joujou shakuryou, extenuating circumstances)

酌 means “pour sake, take into account”

The story

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