酔
酔 — Drunk
drunk, feel sick, poisoned, elated, spellbound
On’yomiスイ (sui)
Kun’yomiよう (you)
Kun’yomiよい (yoi)
Kun’yomiよ (yo)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 酔
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麻酔 | ますい masui | anaesthesia; anesthesia |
| 酔い | よい yoi | drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness |
| 酔う | よう you | to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle) |
| 酔っ払い | よっぱらい yopparai | drunk person; (a) drunk; being drunk |
| 酔っ払う | よっぱらう yopparau | to get drunk |
| 陶酔 | とうすい tousui | intoxication; being fascinated (by); being carried away (by) |
Study notes
酔 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1640 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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