Radical 164

酉
酉
酉 (U+9149) "wine, alcohol"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	yǒu
Bopomofo:	ㄧㄡˇ
Wade–Giles:	yu3
Cantonese Yale:	yau5
Jyutping:	jau5
Japanese Kana:	ユウ yū (on'yomi); とり tori (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	유 yu
Hán-Việt:	dậu
Names
Chinese name(s):	酉字旁 yǒuzìpáng
Japanese name(s):	酉偏/とりへん torihen; 酒の酉/さけのとり sake no tori; 日読みの酉/ひよみのとり hiyomi no tori ("hiyomi" means Earthly Branches); 暦の酉/こよみのとり koyomi no tori ("koyomi" means calendar); 酒旁/さけつくり saketsukuri
Hangul:	닭 dak
Stroke order animation

Radical 164 or radical wine (酉部) meaning "wine" or "alcohol" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, 290 characters (out of 49,030) can found under this radical.

酉 is also the 153rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

In Chinese astrology, 酉 represents the tenth Earthly Branch and corresponds to the Rooster in the Chinese zodiac.

Evolution

Oracle bone script character
Bronze script character
Large seal script character
Small seal script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters
+0	酉
+2	酊酋
+3	酌配酎酏酐酑酒
+4	酓酔^JP (=醉) 酕酖酗酘酙 (=斟 -> 斗) 酚酛酜酝^SC (=醞) 酞
+5	酟酠酡酢酣酤酥
+6	酦^SC (=醱) 酧 (=酬) 酨酩酪酫酬酭酮酯酰^SC (=醯) 酱^SC (=醬)
+7	酲酳酴酵酶酷酸酹酺酻酼酽^SC (=釅) 酾^SC (=釃) 酿^SC (=釀)
+8	醀醁醂醃醄醅醆醇醈醉醊醋醌
+9	醍醎 (=鹹 -> 鹵) 醏醐醑醒醓醔醕 (=醇) 醖^HK (=醞) 醗^JP (=醱)
+10	醘醙醚醛醜醝醞醟醠醡醢醣 (=糖 -> 米) 醤
+11	醥醦醧醨醩醪醫醬
+12	醭醮醯醰醱
+13	醲醳醴醵醶醷醸^JP (=釀)
+14	醹醺醻 (=酬)
+16	醼 (=宴 -> 宀)
+17	醽醾醿釀
+18	釁釂
+19	釃釄
+20	釅

Literature

Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.

External links

Unihan Database - U+9149