Radical 164

酉
Radical 164 (U+2FA3)
酉 (U+9149) "wine, alcohol"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:yǒu
Bopomofo:ㄧㄡˇ
Wade–Giles:yu3
Cantonese Yale:yau5
Jyutping:jau5
Japanese Kana:ユウ yū (on'yomi)
とり tori (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:유 yu
Hán-Việt:dậu
Names
Chinese name(s):酉字旁 yǒuzìpáng
Japanese name(s):酉偏/とりへん torihen
酒の酉/さけのとり sake no tori
日読みの酉/ひよみのとり hiyomi no tori ("hiyomi" means Earthly Branches)
暦の酉/こよみのとり koyomi no tori ("koyomi" means calendar)
酒旁/さけつくり saketsukuri
Hangul:닭 dak
Stroke order animation

Radical 164 or radical wine (酉部) meaning "wine" or "alcohol" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, 290 characters (out of 49,030) can found under this radical.

酉 is also the 153rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

In Chinese astrology, 酉 represents the tenth Earthly Branch and corresponds to the Rooster in the Chinese zodiac.

Evolution

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0 酉
+2 酊 酋
+3 酌 配 酎 酏 酐 酑 酒
+4 酓 酔JP (=醉) 酕 酖 酗 酘 酙 (=斟 -> 斗) 酚 酛 酜 酝SC (=醞) 酞
+5 酟 酠 酡 酢 酣 酤 酥
+6 酦SC (=醱) 酧 (=酬) 酨 酩 酪 酫 酬 酭 酮 酯 酰SC (=醯) 酱SC (=醬)
+7 酲 酳 酴 酵 酶 酷 酸 酹 酺 酻 酼 酽SC (=釅) 酾SC (=釃) 酿SC (=釀)
+8 醀 醁 醂 醃 醄 醅 醆 醇 醈 醉 醊 醋 醌
+9 醍 醎 (=鹹 -> 鹵) 醏 醐 醑 醒 醓 醔 醕 (=醇) 醖HK (=醞) 醗JP (=醱)
+10 醘 醙 醚 醛 醜 醝 醞 醟 醠 醡 醢 醣 (=糖 -> 米) 醤
+11 醥 醦 醧 醨 醩 醪 醫 醬
+12 醭 醮 醯 醰 醱
+13 醲 醳 醴 醵 醶 醷 醸JP (=釀)
+14 醹 醺 醻 (=酬)
+16 醼 (=宴 -> 宀)
+17 醽 醾 醿 釀
+18 釁 釂
+19 釃 釄
+20 釅

Literature

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
  • Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.