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Type | Rice wine |
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Country of origin | Korea |
Region of origin | East Asia |
Alcohol by volume | 14% |
Proof (US) | 28 |
Variants | Beopju, sogok-ju |
Related products | Mijiu, huangjiu, sake |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 청주 |
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Hanja | 淸酒 |
Revised Romanization | cheongju |
McCune–Reischauer | ch'ŏngju |
IPA | [tɕʰʌŋ.dʑu] |
Cheongju (Korean: 청주; Hanja: 淸酒; literally "clear wine"), sometimes romanized as Chungju, is a clear, refined rice wine of Korean origin.[1]