Chinese Character 酒 Meanings and components.
Form
酒
Meaning
- 酒 meaning[3] in English
Wine (Esp. Rice Wine).
Liquor.
Spirits.
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 酒 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and 10th earthly branch: … (酉)
Its radical[1] is: 酉 (you3) which means: 10th Earthly Branch: 5-7 P.M., 8th Solar Month (8th September-7th October), Year Of The Rooster, Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 270° (West), .酉
In cangjie it is written with EMCW
How to write 酒
To write酒 you should write a combination of 氵 , 酉 arranged in a 吅 shape:
氵 + 酉 = 酒
酒 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 酒 should be followed in this specific way.
Components Tree
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 酒, looks as follow:
酒
Pinyin:jiu3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Wine (Esp. Rice Wine) . Liquor . Spirits . Alcoholic Beverage . Cl:杯[Bei1],瓶[Ping2],罐[Guan4],桶[Tong3],缸[Gang1]
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
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