The kanji 酔: meaning, readings and stroke order

酔

Meaning: get drunk, get motion sick
On reading: スイ sui
Kun reading: よ（う） you
Strokes: 11
Radical: 酉 wine, alcohol
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Old form: 醉

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: say, say xe (túy)
Japanese: さけによう。のりものによう。
Korean: 취하다, 멀미하다 (취)
Chinese: 喝醉、晕（车船） (醉)

Readings, words and example sentences

スイ sui · on reading · less common

ま酔すい
anesthesia
手術の前に ま酔ますいをします。
Before surgery, the patient is given anesthesia.

よ（う） you · kun reading

酔よう
to get sick (from motion), to get drunk
船に 酔よいます。
I get seasick on boats.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.