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

Derived characters

StrokesCharacters
+0
+2酊 酋
+3酌 配 酎 酏 酐 酑 酒
+4酓 酔JP (=醉) 酕 酖 酗 酘 酙 (=斟 -> ) 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 -> ) 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 -> ) 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 -> )
+17醽 醾 醿 釀
+18釁 釂
+19釃 釄
+20

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). (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.

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