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酔

drunk
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingスイ
Kun readingよ.う、よ.い、よ
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. drunkRtK
  2. elated
  3. feel sick
  4. poisoned
  5. spellbound
  1. to get drunk
  2. to become intoxicated
  3. to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle)
  4. to become nauseated
  5. to be elated

Radicals and components

Radical酉wine
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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whiskey bottle · ninety · nine (九) · baseball · ten (十) · needle (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1543

Compound words

心酔しんすい
adoration; admiration; devotion
酔うよう
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated
泥酔でいすい
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
陶酔とうすい
intoxication; being fascinated (by); being carried away (by); being enraptured (by); being intoxicated (with)
麻酔ますい
anaesthesia; anesthesia
酔いよい
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
船酔いふなよい
seasickness
酔っ払いよっぱらい
drunkard
酔っ払うよっぱらう
to get drunk
悪酔わるよい
drunken sickness
酔狂すいきょう
eccentricity, whim
淵酔えんすい
type of imperial banquet held during the Heian period and later
痲酔ますい
anaesthesia
悪酔いわるよい
drunken sickness
酔芙蓉すいふよう
cotton rosemallow (Hibiscus mutabilis cv. Versicolor)
酔払いよっぱらい
drunkard
馬酔木あせび
Japanese andromeda (Pieris japonica)
鍼麻酔はりますい
anesthesia by acupuncture
酔い心地よいごこち
pleasant intoxication
酔い醒めよいざめ
recovering from intoxication
酔眼朦朧すいがんもうろう
(with) one's eyes blurred from drinking
酔生夢死すいせいむし
idling one's life away
酔歩蹣跚すいほまんさん
tipsy lurch
酔っぱらいよっぱらい
drunkard

Additional Examples

彼は非常に酔っぱらっていたので家まで車を運転していくことはできなかった。
He was too drunk to drive home.tatoeba
彼は多かれ少なかれ酔っていた。
He was more or less drunk.tatoeba
彼は酔払い運転のかどで５ポンドの科料に処せられた。
He was fined five pounds for drunken driving.tatoeba
彼は酔っ払ってだみ声になっていた。
He was drunk and his speech was thick.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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