酔

酔

See also: 醉

酔 U+9154, 酔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9154 ← 酓 [U+9153] CJK Unified Ideographs 酕 → [U+9155]

Translingual

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant of 醉. The phonetic component 卆 is a variant of 卒.

Han character

酔 (radical 164, 酉+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一田大弓十 (MWKNJ), composition ⿰酉卆)

References

• KangXi: page 1281, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39807
• Dae Jaweon: page 1781, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3576, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9154

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 酔 – see 醉 (“drunk; intoxicated; addicted to; etc.”). (This character, 酔, is the second-round simplified and variant form of 醉.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	酔
Kyūjitai	醉

Kanji

酔

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 醉)

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Readings

• Go-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)^{←すゐ (suwi, historical)}
• Kan-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)^{←すゐ (suwi, historical)}
• Kun: よい (yoi, 酔い)^{←よひ (yofi, historical)←ゑひ (wefi, ancient)}; よう (you, 酔う, Jōyō)^{←よふ (yofu, historical)←ゑふ (wefu, ancient)}

Notes

• As in historical readings "ずゐ", "つゐ", "ゆゐ", and "るゐ", most dictionaries do not have "すゐ" as a historical reading for 酔. According to historical data, its on-reading is the modern "すい". However, the Dai Kanwa Jiten, has the "すゐ" and related -wi historical on-readings.

Compounds

• 二日 (ふつか)酔 (よ)い (futsukayoi)