The 酉 family
酉 · yǒu · ㄧㄡˇ — 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster
Know 酉 and the readings of 4 more characters follow: 酒、猶、醜、酋. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 酒jiǔ · ㄐㄧㄡˇ部首 酉 · 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Roosterwine (esp. rice wine); liquor65%
- 猶yóu · ㄧㄡˊ部首 犭 犬部旁 · (literary) dogas if; (just) like78%
- 醜chǒu · ㄔㄡˇ部首 酉 · 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Roostershameful; ugly56%
- 酋qiú · ㄑㄧㄡˊ部首 酉 · 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Roostertribal chief65%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 酉 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 酉 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 66%.
Words this family builds
- 酒吧
- 喝酒
- 酒店
- 啤酒
- 猶太人
- 猶豫
- 酒鬼
- 醜陋
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