酉

See also 西

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

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

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Han character

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

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

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/酉

References

• 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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

酉 (jyutping jau5, Yale yau5)

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Hakka

Hanzi

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

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

酉 (“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

• On: ゆう (yū)
• Kun: とり (tori)
• Nanori: なが (naga), みのる (minoru)

Compounds

• 酉年 (とりどし, toridoshi) Year of the Rooster

References

JIS: 4653 Kuten: 3851 Shift JIS: 93D1 EUC-JP: C6D3 Frequency: 2468 Nelson: 4775

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

酉 (hiragana とり, romaji tori)

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

Usage notes

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

酉 (dậu, dấu, giấu, giậu)