酔 (drunk, elated, feel sick, poisoned, spellbound) - Kanji Codex

酔

drunk, elated, feel sick, poisoned, spellbound

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

スイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

よよ.いよ.う

Nanori (名乗り)

よい

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:11

JLPT:1

Frequency:1640

Vocabulary

スイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
陶酔	トウスイ	intoxication; being fascinated (by); being carried away (by); being enraptured (by); being intoxicated (with)
麻酔	マスイ	anaesthesia; anesthesia
心酔	シンスイ	adoration; admiration; devotion
泥酔	デイスイ	being dead drunk; drunken stupor
酔生夢死	スイセイムシ	idling one's life away; living to no purpose

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
酔う	よう	to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted; to be spellbound; to be in raptures
酔う	えう	to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted; to be spellbound; to be in raptures
酔っ払い	よっぱらい	drunkard
酔っ払う	よっぱらう	to get drunk
酔い	よい	drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness

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