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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

Pictogram (象形): an ancient vase used in making and storing fermented millet liquors. See .

酉 酉 酉 酉
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

Han character [edit]

(radical 164 +0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一金田一 (MCWM), four-corner 10600)

  1. tenth of twelve earthly branches (十二支): rooster () of Chinese zodiac
  2. a wine vessel
  3. radical 164

Derived characters [edit]

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 1280, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39763
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1778, character 36
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3572, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9149

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(jyutping jau5, Yale yau5)


Hakka [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(POJ yu, Guangdong ju2 [Meixian], ziu1, ziu3 [Hailu], ju1, ju3 [Kwangtung, Siyan], ju1, ju3, jiu1, jiu3 [Bao'an], jiu1 [Dongguan], Hagfa Pinyim yiu1)

References [edit]


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. "sake" radical (さけづぐり)
  2. "bird of the zodiac" radical (ひよみのとり, とりへん)
  3. rooster, cock (tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

References [edit]

  • New Nelson: 6157
  • Halpern: 3544
  • Halpern Learners: 2207
  • Heisig: 1427
  • Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 2254
  1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Noun [edit]

(hiragana とり, romaji tori)

  1. rooster, cock (tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac)

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu, Yale yu)


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin yǒu (you3), dīng (ding1), Wade-Giles yu3, ting1)

Usage notes [edit]

Although it remains associated with liquor, the character alone is mostly used as the 10th earthly branch in the Chinese cyclical calendar.


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(dậu, dấu, giấu, giậu)