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Radical 164 酉

酉 (radical 164, 酉+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一金田一 (MCWM), four-corner 1060₀, composition ⿴西一)

1. 
   Kangxi radical #164, ⾣.

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/酉

References

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• 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

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 酉
Shang		Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)		Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu Slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Ancient script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

Etymology

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“unitary”

From English unitary.

Pronunciation

Definitions

酉

1. an alcoholic drink vessel
   


2. tenth of twelve earthly branches (十二支)


3. 
   rooster (鷄) of Chinese zodiac
   


4. the period from 5-7 p.m.


5. 
   (mathematics) unitary
   

Coordinate terms

• (earthly branches) 地支; 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥
  

Usage notes

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

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(“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

• 
  Go-on: ゆ (yu)
  


• 
  Kan-on: ゆう (yū)^{←いう (iu, historical)}
  


• 
  Kun: とり (tori, 酉)
  


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  Nanori: なが (naga); みのる (minoru).mw-parser-output .jouyou-readingbackground-color:rgb(224,255,255);background-color:rgba(224,255,255,0.5)
  

Compounds

• 
  卯 (ぼう)酉 (ゆう)線 (せん) (bōyūsen)
  


• 
  酉年 (とりどし) (toridoshi)
  

Etymology 1

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From 鶏 (niwatori, tori, “chicken”), from 庭 (niwa, “garden”) + 鳥 (tori, “bird”)

Pronunciation

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  Kun’yomi
  
  • 
    (Tokyo) とり [tòrí] (Heiban – [0])
  
  
  • 
    IPA^(key): [to̞ɾʲi]
    
  
  


• Homophones: 鳥, 鶏

Proper noun

酉 (hiragana とり, rōmaji Tori)

1. the Rooster, the tenth of the twelve Earthly Branches
   

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 酉 (yuw^X)

Proper noun

酉 (hiragana ゆう, rōmaji Yū, historical hiragana いう)

1. the Rooster, the tenth of the twelve Earthly Branches
   

References

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

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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