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酔

酔 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

「醉」の略体。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

drunk, feel sick, poisoned, elated, spellbound

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • スイJHS
Kun (native)
  • よ(う)JHS
  • よ(い)
  • よ
Nanori (used in names)
  • よい
Other languages
  • 拼音zui4
  • 한글chwi
  • Hán-ViệtTúy

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
酉(ひよみのとり)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9154

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰酉卆

Words using this kanji

  • 酔いよいよい 参照drunkenness, intoxication, motion sickness, travel sickness
  • 酔っ払うよっぱらう「よっぱらう」の漢字表記。to get drunk
  • 酔っ払いよっぱらい「よっぱらい」の漢字表記。drunk person, (a) drunk, being drunk, getting drunk
  • 酔うようよう 参照to get drunk, to become intoxicated, to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle), to become nauseated
  • 酔狂すいきょう酒などにこと。 。好事。 物好きだ。whim, caprice, vagary, eccentricity
  • 酔漢すいかんかなりにている男性。。酔客。drunkard, drunken fellow
  • 酔態すいたい飲酒して酔ったすがた、状態。drunkenness, intoxication
  • 酔余すいよdrunken (e.g. brawl), under the influence of alcohol
  • 酔歩すいほdrunken stagger, tottering gait, drunkard's walk, random walk
  • 酔眼すいがんにた。また、その。bleary eyes, drunken eyes
  • 酔顔すいがんdrunken face, drunken expression
  • 酔拳すいけん中国武術のうち、まるで酒に酔っ払ったかのような独特な動作が特徴的な拳種の総称。drunken boxing
  • 酔客すいきゃくにた。。drunken person
  • 酔象すいぞうdrunken elephant piece, used in some variants of shogi
  • 酔夢すいむ酔眠して見る夢。 満足してゆったりしている状態。drunken dream, relaxed contentment
  • 酔鯨すいげいSuigei
  • 酔芙蓉すいふようcotton rosemallow (Hibiscus mutabilis cv. Versicolor), Confederate rose
  • 酔わすよわすto get (someone) drunk, to inebriate, to intoxicate, to charm
  • 酔生夢死すいせいむし酒に酔っているかのように何もすることもなく無駄に一生を過ごすこと。idling one's life away, living to no purpose
  • 酔い覚めよいざめrecovering from intoxication, sobering up

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(94 results)

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-4
Four Corner
1464.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7e4.3
Heisig
1543
Nelson
4781