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酔 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「酉」

道
3Junior high level ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「酉」
On
スイすい · sui
Kun
よ.う・よ.い・よyo.u · yo.i · yo
Meaning
get drunk

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

酉 "wine" with 卒: to lose one's senses to drink — to get drunk.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onスイすいsui酔漢すいかん麻酔ますい心酔しんすい
Kunようyō酔うよう酔いよい二日酔いふたかよい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 陶酔とうすい

    fascination; intoxication

  • 船酔いふなよい

    seasickness

More words with this kanji

  • 麻酔ますい
  • 二日酔いふつかよい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

波(なみ)が高(たか)く船酔(ふなよ)いした。

The waves were high and I got seasick.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

船酔い陶酔酔船ship陶potter…酵fermen…酉the Ro…酊to be…酋chieft…酎distil…炊cook粋pure衰declin…遂accomp…穂ear
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 酉Map of reading スイAll maps

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