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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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		酉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǒu, dīng (you³, ding¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˇ, ㄉㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁵
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): yu
• Min Nan (POJ): iú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˇ
    • Wade-Giles: yu³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeou
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥ
    • Wade-Giles: ting¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ding
    • IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁵
    • Yale: yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /ju⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iú
    • Tâi-lô: iú
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (酉, reconstructed)
Character (酉), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 尤 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 與久切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jɨuX/	/i̯ə̯uX/	/iuX/	/jiuX/	/juwX/	/jĭəuX/	/iəuX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (酉, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
酉								yǒu								‹ yuwX ›								/*N-ruʔ/								10th earthly branch
酉								yǒu								‹ yuwX ›								/*N-ruʔ/								wine
酉								yǒu								‹ yuwX ›								/*N-ruʔ/								old
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
酉					15583					酉					幽					1					酉					/*luʔ/

Usage notes

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

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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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 (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 (tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac)

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Hanja

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

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Han character

酉 (dậu, dấu, giấu, giậu)

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