酔 – drunk, feel sick, poisoned

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1640 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 酔 means drunk, feel sick, poisoned, elated, spellbound. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is スイ (sui); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is よ.う、よ.い、よ (you, yoi, yo). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 酉 (no. 164).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	スイ	sui
Kun’yomi	よ.う	you
Kun’yomi	よ.い	yoi
Kun’yomi	よ	yo

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 酉 (Kangxi radical 164). Components: 九・十・酉.

Words using 酔

酔うようto get drunk酔っ払いよっぱらいdrunk person麻酔ますいanaesthesia

Example sentences

まるで酔っているようだ。

She looks as if she were drunk.

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酔っぱらいはよろよろと彼のところへやって来た。

The drunk rolled up to him.

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けが人は麻酔から覚めた後痛みで泣きわめいた。

The injured person wailed with pain after recovering from the anaesthesia.

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Kanji with the same radical

配酒酸酬酷酢酪醜酌醤

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