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.

• 酉yǒu🔊

  10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster

  7 strokes

• 酊dīng🔊

  tincture (loanword)

  9 strokes

• 酋qiú🔊

  tribal chief

  9 strokes

• 酒jiǔ🔊

  wine (esp. rice wine)

  HSK 2

  10 strokes

• 配pèi🔊

  to join

  HSK 3

  10 strokes

• 酌zhuó🔊

  to pour wine

  10 strokes

• 酎zhòu🔊

  strong wine

  10 strokes

• 酏yí🔊

  elixirs

  10 strokes

• 酐gān🔊

  anhydride

  10 strokes