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醉

zuì

intoxicated

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 卒 represents the sound.

Components
酉 meaning component

酉  Meaning component

yǒu

  

wine

卒 sound component

卒  Sound component

zú, cù

  

soldier, to finish

Evolution

醉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
醉 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
醉 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
醉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

醉  

zuì

intoxicated, drunk; addicted to; intoxicated

Most common words with 醉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

醉

intoxicated

麻醉

anesthesia

陶醉

to be drunk with

沉醉

to become intoxicated

喝醉

to get drunk

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*Cə.tsu[t]-s

tswijH

zuì

drunk (adj.)


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 31.5073% of movies

1118th most common character in movies

1783rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+9189

Shuowen

“醉，卒也。卒其度量，不至於亂也。一曰潰也。从酉，从卒。”


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