(suān)

sour; sore; ache

How 酸 is written

Strokes
14
Radical
— wine/alcohol
Traditional
Simplified
(unchanged)

Components

  • wine/alcohol
  • private
  • eight/divide
  • go

Common words using 酸

心酸 xīnsuān
to feel sad
酸奶 suānnǎi
yogurt
酸痛 suāntòng
ache
乳酸 rǔsuān
lactic acid
乳酸菌 rǔsuānjūn
lactic acid bacteria
亞硝酸鹽 yàxiāosuānyán
nitrite
寒酸 hánsuān
wretched; poverty-stricken; unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc)
檸檬酸 níngméngsuān
citric acid
氨基酸 ānjīsuān
amino acid
泛酸 fànsuān
pantothenic acid; vitamin B5; to surge up (of acid in the stomach)
玻尿酸 bōniàosuān
hyaluronic acid; hyaluronan
甜酸 tiánsuān
sweet and sour

酸 in a sentence

我今天腿很酸。

Wǒ jīntiān tuǐ hěn suān.

“My legs are very sore today.”

How common is 酸?

酸 is the 1,454th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 94.2% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 酸

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