Radical 164

酉
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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
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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

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  Oracle bone script character
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  Bronze script character
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  Large seal script character
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  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.

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