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酉

酉 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. とり。十二支の10番目。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。酒壷を象る。「さけ」を意味する漢語｛酉｝および｛酒｝を表す字。のち仮借して十二支の10番目を意味する漢語｛酉｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

west, bird, sign of the bird, 5-7PM, tenth sign of Chinese zodiac, sake radical (no. 164)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ユウ
Kun (native)
  • とり
Nanori (used in names)
  • なが
  • みのる
Other languages
  • 拼音you3
  • 한글yu
  • Hán-ViệtDậu

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
酉(ひよみのとり)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9149

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿴西一

Words using this kanji

  • 酉とりとり。十二支の10番目。the Rooster (tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Cock, the Chicken, the Bird
  • 酉年とりどしyear of the Rooster, year of the Cock
  • 酉偏とりへん漢字の部首「⾣‎」が偏である場合の呼称。kanji "bird of the zodiac" radical (radical 164)
  • 酉の市とりのいちtori-no-ichi (held at Ōtori Shrine on each day of the Rooster in November)
  • 酉の日とりのひday of the Rooster, day of the Cock
  • 酉の待とりのまちtori-no-machi (held at Ōtori Shrine on each day of the Rooster in November)
  • 酉の刻とりのこくhour of the Rooster (around 6pm, 5-7pm, or 6-8pm), hour of the Cock
  • 酉の年とりのとしyear of the Rooster

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Lookup codes

SKIP
4-7-1
Four Corner
1060.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7e0.1
Heisig
1534
Nelson
4775