酉

酉 (radical 164, 酉+0, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一金田一 (MCWM), four-corner 1060₀, composition ⿴西一)

1. Kangxi radical #164, ⾣.

• Index:Chinese radical/酉

• 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

Historical forms of the character 酉
Shang		Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)		Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu Slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Ancient script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

“unitary”

From English unitary.

酉

1. an alcoholic drink vessel
2. tenth of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
3. rooster (鷄) of Chinese zodiac
4. the period from 5-7 p.m.
5. (mathematics) unitary

• (earthly branches) 地支; 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥

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

(“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)

• Go-on: ゆ (yu)
• Kan-on: ゆう (yū)^{←いう (iu, historical)}
• Kun: とり (tori, 酉)
• Nanori: なが (naga); みのる (minoru)

• 卯 (ぼう)酉 (ゆう)線 (せん) (bōyūsen)
• 酉年 (とりどし) (toridoshi)

From 鶏 (niwatori, tori, “chicken”), from 庭 (niwa, “garden”) + 鳥 (tori, “bird”)

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) とり [tòrí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [to̞ɾʲi]
• Homophones: 鳥, 鶏

酉 (hiragana とり, rōmaji Tori)

1. the Rooster, the tenth of the twelve Earthly Branches

From Middle Chinese 酉 (yuw^X)

酉 (hiragana ゆう, rōmaji Yū, historical hiragana いう)

1. the Rooster, the tenth of the twelve Earthly Branches

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酉 (eum 유 (yu))

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酉: Hán Nôm readings: dấu, dậu, giấu, giậu

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