wine

Origin & mnemonic

This radical is a pictograph of a wine vessel or jar in oracle-bone and seal scripts. Its shape depicts a bulbous container with a narrow mouth at the top, representing a storage vessel for liquids such as wine.

Mnemonic: Picture a narrow-mouthed wine jar or vessel — the shape recalls a traditional bottle for storing wine.

• 醌kūn🔊

  quinone (chemistry)

  15 strokes

• 醒xǐng🔊

  to wake up

  HSK 4

  16 strokes

• 丑chǒu🔊

  shameful

  HSK 5

  16 strokes

• 醚mí🔊

  ether

  16 strokes

• 䤈xī🔊

  old variant of 醯[xi1]

  16 strokes

• 醍tí🔊

  used in 醍醐[ti2 hu2]

  16 strokes

• 醐hú🔊

  used in 醍醐[ti2 hu2]

  16 strokes

• 醑xǔ🔊

  spiritus

  16 strokes

• 醓tǎn🔊

  brine of pickled meat

  16 strokes

• 醛quán🔊

  aldehyde

  16 strokes

• 醝cuó🔊

  liquor

  16 strokes

• 醡zhà🔊

  press for extracting wine

  17 strokes

• 醢hǎi🔊

  minced meat

  17 strokes

• 醣táng🔊

  carbohydrate

  17 strokes

• 醨lí🔊

  dregs of wine

  17 strokes

• 医yī🔊

  medical

  18 strokes

• 醪láo🔊

  wine or liquor with sediment

  18 strokes

• 醭bú🔊

  mold on liquids

  19 strokes

• 醮jiào🔊

  to perform sacrifice

  19 strokes

• 醯xī🔊

  acyl

  19 strokes

• 醰tán🔊

  bitter taste in wine

  19 strokes

• 醴lǐ🔊

  sweet wine

  20 strokes

• 醵jù🔊

  to contribute to a feast

  20 strokes

• 醹rú🔊

  strong (of wine)

  21 strokes

• 醺xūn🔊

  helplessly intoxicated

  21 strokes

• 醽líng🔊

  name of a wine

  24 strokes

• 醾mí🔊

  unfiltered wine

  24 strokes

• 釂jiào🔊

  drain a goblet

  24 strokes

• 衅xìn🔊

  quarrel

  26 strokes