醒 = 酉 + 星

醒 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “wake up”. It is built from 酉 (a wine vessel) and 星 (a star).

Keyword: wake up
Pinyin (Mandarin): xǐng
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: проснуться
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 醒 awakening

Decomposition

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酉 a wine vessel
星 a star

How to find 醒 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “a wine vessel” + “a star”. 醒 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 醒 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.