Chinese Character 酉 Meanings and components.

Form

酉

Meaning

酉 meaning[3] in English

10th Earthly Branch: 5-7 P.M., 8th Solar Month (8th September-7th October), Year Of The Rooster.

Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 270° (West).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 酉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are the West (西) , and one (一)

No radical has been identified in it.

How to write 酉

To write酉you310th earthly … you should write a combination of 西xi1the West , 一yi1one

西 + 一 = 酉

酉 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 酉 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 酉, looks as follow:

酉
Pinyin:you3
Meaning[3]: 10th Earthly Branch: 5-7 P.M., 8th Solar Month (8th September-7th October), Year Of The Rooster . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 270° (West)
西
Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: The West . Abbr. For Spain 西班牙[Xi1 Ban1 Ya2] . Spanish
兀
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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