Wine Radical (酉) — Characters, Meaning and Practice Worksheet
酉 is the wine radical. It appears in 8 of the most common Chinese characters — these 8 are the ones worth learning first, and the worksheet below gives every one of them a pinyin header, a stroke-by-stroke model and blank Tianzige grids to copy into.
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What does 酉 mean?
Wine radical · 酉 yǒu · 7 strokes · wine; a wine jar
It usually appears on the left of the character. The Origin column below shows what each character's parts do — many take their meaning from the radical, some take their sound from the other half.
Shapes: 酉
酉 itself: A vessel half-filled with wine
8 common characters with 酉
Ranked by how often they appear in real written Chinese. Every character links to its own page with a stroke-order animation and example words.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 酒 | jiǔ | wine, alcohol | A jar 酉 of wine 氵; 酉 also provides the pronunciation |
| 配 | pèi | match; deserve; fit; mix; join | 己 supplies the sound |
| 醒 | xǐng | wake up | 星 supplies the sound |
| 酸 | suān | sour, tart; pedantic | Wine 酉 aged too long 夋; 夋 also provides the pronunciation |
| 醉 | zuì | be drunk | 卒 supplies the sound |
| 酷 | kù | ruthless; strong (e.g. of wine); (loanword) cool; hip | 告 supplies the sound |
| 酱 | jiàng | thick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste; paste; jam | 丬 supplies the sound |
| 醋 | cù | vinegar; jealousy | Aged 昔 wine 酉; wine gone sour |
Related Radicals
- 足Foot radical · zú18 common characters · foot
- 车Vehicle radical · chē18 common characters · cart, vehicle
- 辶Go radical · chuò53 common characters · to walk, to go; movement
- 钅Metal radical · jīn26 common characters · gold, metal
- 门Gate radical · mén12 common characters · gate, door
- 阝Mound radical · fù36 common characters · a mound (on the left) or a city (on the right)
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