noun
Common word for vinegar, used in cooking and everyday contexts.
サラダに酢をかける。
I put vinegar on the salad.
この酢は米から作られています。
This vinegar is made from rice.
Rarely used kanji form for vinegar; more commonly read さん (acid).
Native Japanese word. The kanji 酢 is a phono-semantic compound: 酉 (sake jar) + 乍 (phonetic component), originally referring to sour liquid related to fermentation.