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酉

10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster; ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)

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How 酉 is formed

Pictograph (象形字)

A vessel half-filled with wine

components: 兀 日

Characters built with 酉 as their sound component

These characters all use 酉 (yǒu) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
酉 sound component yǒu wine; wine vessel; chemical
酥 sū butter; crispy, flaky; fluffy, light

Words containing 酉

WordPinyinMeaning
酉阳土家族苗族自治县 Yǒu yáng Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiàn Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
酉牌时分 yǒu pái shí fēn 5-7 pm
酉阳县 Yǒu yáng Xiàn Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
酉时 yǒu shí 5-7 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
酉阳 Yǒu yáng Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
酉鸡 yǒu jī Year 10, year of the Cock (e.g. 2005)
丁酉 dīng yǒu thirty-fourth year D10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1957 or 2017
己酉 jǐ yǒu forty-sixth year F10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1969 or 2029
乙酉 yǐ yǒu twenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065
辛酉 xīn yǒu fifty-eighth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041
癸酉 guǐ yǒu tenth year J10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1993 or 2053