mǐng

drunk

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
酉 meaning component

  Meaning component

yǒu

  

wine

名 sound component

  Sound component

míng

  

name

Evolution

酩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
酩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

mǐng

drunk; intoxicated; tipsy

Most common words with 酩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

drunk

酩酊大醉

dead drunk

酩酊

heavily intoxicated