醉zuì
drunk, intoxicated. 15 strokes, radical 酉, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin zuìStrokes 15Radical 酉Band HSK 5Words 1
How to write 醉
Strokes 1–7 write 酉, then strokes 8–15 write 卒.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 醉 · the stroke-order rules
What 醉 is made of
酉 (yǒu, wine) and 卒 (zú, soldier).
酉 carries the meaning — wine — and 卒 carries the sound.
Words that use 醉
| 醉 | drunk, intoxicated 指饮酒过量神志不清 大家开怀畅饮却从不贪杯喝醉。Everyone drank heartily but never got drunk. Lesson 537, 天下为公 · 崇德守礼与天下为公 · The Grand Harmony & Moral Integrity |
Characters that share the sound part 卒
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 酉
All 8 of them, and what the radical means, on the 酉 radical page.