Radical 酉 – Wine / Rooster

Pinyin: yǒu
Strokes: 7 strokes
Variants: None

Meaning

Wine vessel, fermentation, 10th Earthly Branch

Memory tipA wine jar with a pointed base. Characters with 酉 relate to alcohol, fermentation and sourness: 酒 (wine, liquor), 醉 (drunk), 醒 (sober up, wake), 酸 (sour), 醋 (vinegar), 酱 (sauce), 配 (match – blending wine).

HSK characters with 酉 (17)

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Radical 酉 – Wine / Rooster

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Radical 酉 – Wine / Rooster

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