Meanings

West, Bird, Sign Of The Bird, 5-7pm, Tenth Sign Of Chinese Zodiac, Sake Radical (no. 164)

Radicals

酉

Decomposition

⿻兀日

Etymology

Pictographic: A vessel half-filled with wine

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 7

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

4 diagonal top-to-bottom

5 curve right-to-left

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ユウ yuu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

とり tori

Words Using This Kanji

15 words total

Other (15 words)

酉とり

the Rooster (tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac)

酉年とりどし

year of the Rooster

丁酉ひのととり

Fire Rooster (34th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1957, 2017, 2077)

酉の市とりのいち

tori-no-ichi (held at Ōtori Shrine on each day of the Rooster in November)

日読みの酉ひよみのとり

kanji "bird of the zodiac" radical (radical 164)

酉偏とりへん

kanji "bird of the zodiac" radical (radical 164)

辛酉かのととり

Metal Rooster (58th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1921, 1981, 2041)

一の酉いちのとり

first day of the cock in the eleventh month

己酉つちのととり

Earth Rooster (46th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1909, 1969, 2029)

乙酉きのととり

Wood Rooster (22nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1945, 2005, 2065)

酉の待とりのまち

tori-no-machi (held at Ōtori Shrine on each day of the Rooster in November)

酉の日とりのひ

day of the Rooster

二酉にゆう

large collection of books

酉の刻とりのこく

hour of the Rooster (around 6pm, 5-7pm, or 6-8pm)

酉の年とりのとし

year of the Rooster

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