dīngdǐng

drunk

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
酉 meaning component

  Meaning component

yǒu

  

wine

丁 sound component

  Sound component

dīng

  

cubes

Evolution

酊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
酊 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

dīng

drunk, intoxicated; tincture (loanword)

 

dǐng

intoxicated

Most common words with 酊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

tincture (loanword)

酩酊大醉

dead drunk

酩酊

heavily intoxicated