Chinese Character 醉 Meanings and components.

Form

醉

Meaning

醉 meaning[3] in English

Intoxicated.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 醉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 10th earthly branch: … (酉) , and variant of 卒[zu2] (卒)

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you310th earthly …

In cangjie it is written with MWYOJ

How to write 醉

To write醉zui4intoxicated you should write a combination of 酉you310th earthly … , 卒zu2variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

酉 + 卒 = 醉

醉 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

醉
Pinyin:zui4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Intoxicated
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
卒
Pinyin:zu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 卒[Zu2]
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
从
Pinyin:cong2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Cong
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

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

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