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酔 = 卆 + 酉

酔 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “drunk”. It is built from 卆 (ninety) and 酉 (sign of the bird). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1543.

Keyword
drunk
RTK frame
1543
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
スイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
よ.う, よ.い, よ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
пьяный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
酔 intoxicated

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 卆 ninety
  2. 酉 sign of the bird

How to find 酔 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “ninety” + “sign of the bird”. 酔 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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