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Kanji Detail for 酔 - "to get drunk, intoxication"

酔

  • Meaning

    酔 means "to get drunk, intoxication." Also associated with to be captivated.

    1. To get drunk - To be intoxicated by alcohol.

    2. To be captivated - To be absorbed; to be engrossed.

    3. Intoxication - Drunkenness.

    4. Motion sickness - To feel unwell from vehicles or boats.

  • Words using 酔

    • 酔い よい Listen drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness
    • 酔っ払う よっぱらう Listen to get drunk
    • 酔っ払い よっぱらい Listen drunk person; (a) drunk; being drunk
    • 陶酔 とうすい Listen intoxication; being fascinated (by); being carried away (by)
    • 酔う よう Listen to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle)

  • Four-character idioms with 酔

    • 自己陶酔 じことうすい Listen narcissism; self-absorption; self-intoxication
    • 酔歩蹣跚 すいほまんさん Listen tipsy lurch; reeling gait; staggering gait
    • 酔生夢死 すいせいむし Listen idling one's life away; living to no purpose
    • 酔眼朦朧 すいがんもうろう Listen (with) one's eyes blurred from drinking; with drunken eyes; dazed by wine

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    • Verified meaning: to get drunk, intoxication
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to be captivated

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    drunk; feel sick; poisoned; elated; spellbound

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    intoxicated, drunk; addicted to

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 醉

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sui(スイ) スイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    yo(よ) よ

    yoi(よい) よい

    you(よう) よう

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    酉 (hiyominotori・torihen・sakenotori・koyominotori)

  • Related Keywords

    to get drunk to be captivated intoxication motion sickness drunkenness inebriated tipsy absorbed engrossed nausea

Sentences including 酔

  • I am a bit drunk.

  • I'm getting high.

  • Please bring me some medicine for airsickness.

  • Her husband is usually drunk.

  • She is a poor sailor.

  • He was good and drunk.

  • I have a hangover.

  • I have a hangover today.

  • You're too drunk to drive.

  • He was put under anesthesia.

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