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酉

酉

See also: 丣 and 西

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

酉 (radical 164 酉+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一金田一 (MCWM), four-corner 10600)

  1. tenth of twelve earthly branches (十二支): rooster (鷄) of Chinese zodiac
  2. a wine vessel
  3. Kangxi radical #164, ⾣ ‎(“wine”).

Derived characters

  • Index:Chinese radical/酉

References

  • KangXi: page 1280, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39763
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1778, character 36
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3572, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9149

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 酉
alt. forms 丣

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 酉
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 與久切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jiuX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /iəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /juwX/
Li
Rong		 /iuX/
Wang
Li		 /jĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yǒu
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 酉 酉 酉
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yǒu yǒu yǒu
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ yuwX › ‹ yuwX › ‹ yuwX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*N-ruʔ/ /*N-ruʔ/ /*N-ruʔ/
English 10th earthly branch wine old

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 酉
Reading # 1/1
No. 15583
Phonetic
component		 酉
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 酉
Old
Chinese		 /*luʔ/

Definitions

酉

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Usage notes

Although it remains associated with liquor, the character alone is mostly used as the tenth earthly branch in the Chinese cyclical calendar.

Compounds

  • 三酉
  • 卯酉
  • 卯酉參辰／卯酉参辰
  • 卯酉子午
  • 參辰卯酉／参辰卯酉
  • 子午卯酉
  • 才貫二酉／才贯二酉
  • 書畫卯酉／书画卯酉
  • 書通二酉／书通二酉
  • 酉字牌
  • 酉時／酉时
  • 酉陽雜俎／酉阳杂俎
  • 鬼酉上車／鬼酉上车

Japanese

Kanji

酉

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. "sake" radical (さけづぐり)
  2. "bird of the zodiac" radical (ひよみのとり, とりへん)
  3. rooster (tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac)

Readings

Compounds

References

  • New Nelson: 6157
  • Halpern: 3544
  • Halpern Learners: 2207
  • Heisig: 1427
  • Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 2254
  1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Noun

酉 ‎(hiragana とり, romaji tori)

  1. rooster (tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac)

Korean

Hanja

酉 • ‎(yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu, Yale yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

酉 (dấu, dậu, giấu, giậu)

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Etymology

Pictogram (象形) : an ancient vase used in making and storing fermented millet liquors. See 酒.

Historical forms of the character 酉
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bamboo and silk script Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (酉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
楢 *kʰjuʔ, *lu
逎 *ʔslu
遒 *sklu, *sɡlu
蝤 *sklu, *sɡlu
揂 *sklu
酒 *ʔsluʔ
媨 *sklus
鞧 *skʰlu
緧 *skʰlu
趥 *skʰlu, *skʰluŋs
酋 *sɡlu
崷 *sɡlu
鰌 *sɡlu
煪 *sɡlu
醜 *l̥ʰjuʔ
猶 *klus, *lu, *lus
猷 *lu
輶 *lu, *luʔ, *lus
偤 *lu
莤 *lu, *sruɡ
蕕 *lu
庮 *lu, *luʔ
槱 *luʔ, *lus
梄 *luʔ
丣 *luʔ
酉 *luʔ

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