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East Asia East Asia is a geocultural region of Asia. It includes China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan, plus two special administrative regions of China, Hong Kong and Macau. The economies of Economy of China, China, Economy of Ja ...
n word which means
wine Wine is an alcoholic drink made from Fermentation in winemaking, fermented fruit. Yeast in winemaking, Yeast consumes the sugar in the fruit and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Wine is most often made f ...
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alcoholic beverage Drinks containing alcohol (drug), alcohol are typically divided into three classes—beers, wines, and Distilled beverage, spirits—with alcohol content typically between 3% and 50%. Drinks with less than 0.5% are sometimes considered Non-al ...
. 酒 may refer to: *''Jiu'' or
Chinese alcoholic beverages There is a long history of alcoholic drinks in China. They include rice and grape wine, beer, whisky and various liquors including ''baijiu'', the most-consumed distilled spirit in the world. Name (''jiǔ'') is the Chinese character referring ...
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huangjiu ''Huangjiu'' () is a type of Chinese rice wine (''mijiu'') most popular in the Jiangnan area. ''Huangjiu'' is brewed by mixing steamed grains including rice, glutinous rice or millet with ''qū'' as starter culture, followed by saccharifica ...
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baijiu ''Baijiu'' (), or ''shaojiu'' (), is a colorless Chinese liquor typically coming in between 35% and 60% alcohol by volume (ABV). Each type of baijiu uses its own type of ''qū'' for fermentation to create a distinct and characteristic flavo ...
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mijiu ''Mijiu'' (), also spelled michiu, is a Chinese rice wine made from glutinous rice, with the alcohol content ranging between 15% and 20%  v/v. It is generally clear in appearance with a balanced taste of sweetness and acidity, similar to ...
'' and so on. *'' Sul'' () or any traditional alcoholic beverage of Korea, written with the suffix ''-ju'' (). *''
Sake Sake, , or saki, also referred to as Japanese rice wine, is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran. Despite the name ''Japanese rice wine'', sake, and indeed any East Asi ...
'' (''shu''), a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice. *
Omiki ' is an offering of sake or other alcoholic drinks offered to Kami, gods in Japanese Shinto. Sake is often consumed as part of Shinto purification rituals. People drink ''omiki'' with gods to communicate with them and to solicit rich harvests ...
(), a Japanese ritual offering of Sake **
Miki (Okinawa) ' is a Japanese drink from Amami Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture and Okinawa Prefecture, areas known for health and longevity. It is based on ''omiki'', a beverage used in Shinto rituals and festivals. ''Miki'' is made from fermented rice, sweet pot ...
, a non-alcoholic related beverage


See also

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燒酒 (disambiguation) 燒酒 or 燒酎 (literally: burned istilledliquor) is the name for several types of distilled beverages in East Asia. It may refer to: * ''Shaojiu'' (/), more commonly known as ''Baijiu'' (), a 56–130 proof Chinese liquor * ''Shōchū'' () ...
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