Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to pour (sake), to serve, to drink (together).
  2. to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.), to sympathize with, to intuit, to understand.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
酌む くむ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

bar-tending, serving sake, the host
シャク く.む (9th, N1)
west, bird, sign of the bird
とり ユウ なが (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
west, Spain
にし サイ セイ (2nd, N5)
high & level, lofty, bald
コツ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
ladle, one tenth of a go, dip
シャク (N1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)