Hanja Analyzer
醉

醉 — chwi

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
취할 취
Romanization
chwi
English
intoxicated, drunk; addicted to
Mandarin
zuì
Japanese on'yomi
スイ
Japanese kun'yomi
よ.う よ.い
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Japanese standard form
酔 (Secondary (Jōyō))
Strokes
15
Radical
酉 (164, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
卒
Unicode
U+9189

Parts that make up 醉

  • 酉 닭 유 술 담는 항아리술과 발효, 익히는 일
  • 卒 마칠 졸sound 표를 단 옷을 입은 사람군사와 마침. ‘졸·췌’ 계열의 소리

How 醉 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 醉 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 酉, 卒.

Korean example words with 醉

  • 작취昨醉 Korean gloss: 어제 마신 술
  • 취안醉眼 Korean gloss: 술에 취한 눈
  • 취후醉後 Korean gloss: 술에 취한 뒤
  • 취객醉客 Korean gloss: 술에 취한 사람
  • 취색醉色 Korean gloss: 술에 취한 기색
  • 취안醉顔 Korean gloss: 술에 취한 얼굴
  • 취중醉中 Korean gloss: 술에 취한 동안
  • 취태醉態 Korean gloss: 술에 취한 모양
  • 이취泥醉 Korean gloss: 술이 곤드레만드레 취함
  • 취흥醉興 Korean gloss: 술에 취하여 일어나는 흥취
  • 취기醉氣 Korean gloss: 술에 취하여 얼근하여진 기운
  • 숙취宿醉 Korean gloss: 이튿날까지 깨지 아니하는 취기

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Characters sharing the phonetic 卒

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

倅 啐 崒 悴 晬 淬 焠 猝 瘁 睟 碎 窣 粹 翠 脺 萃 誶 顇

Other hanja read “취”

冣 取 吹 嘴 娶 就 橇 毳 炊 翠 聚 脆 臭 趣 驟 鷲 龡

Other hanja with radical 酉

酉 酊 酋 酌 配 酎 酒 酖 酗 酢 酣 酤 酥 酦 酩 酪 酬 酱 酲 酴 酵 酶 酷 酸 酹 醃 醇 醋 醍 醐 醒 醓 醖 醗 醜 醞 醢 醤 醪 醫 醬 醮 醯 醱 醲 醴 醵 醹 醼 釀 釁 釃 釅

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