酔
drunk, feel sick, poisoned, elated, spellbound
Readings
On'yomi
- スイ
Kun'yomi
- よ.う
- よ.い
- よ
Nanori
- よい
Meaning
酔 centers on an altered state from intoxication: being drunk, feeling sick from poison, or being elated and spellbound as if under a strong influence.
Most common words using 酔
20 of 93- 酔うようN4
to get drunk; to become intoxicated
- 麻酔ますいN1
anaesthesia; anesthesia
- 酔いよいN2
drunkenness; intoxication
- 酔っ払いよっぱらいN3
drunkard
- 二日酔いふつかよい
hangover
- 泥酔でいすい
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
- 陶酔とうすいN1
intoxication
- ほろ酔いほろよい
slight intoxication; being tipsy; mellowness
- 酔いどれよいどれ
drunkard; drunk
- 心酔しんすい
adoration; admiration
- 悪酔いわるよい
drunken sickness; getting sick from drinking
- 酔っ払うよっぱらうN3
to get drunk
- 酔狂すいきょう
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
- 酔いしれるよいしれる
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated
- 酔客すいきゃく
drunken person
- 船酔いふなよい
seasickness
- 3D酔いスリーディーよい
virtual reality sickness; 3D sickness
- 3日酔いみっかよい
hangover that still lingers two days after drinking; still being hungover after two days
- ほろ酔い加減ほろよいかげん
state of slight intoxication; being a little drunk
- 乗り物酔いのりものよい
motion sickness; travel sickness
Study
Etymology
酔 is the modern simplified form of 醉. The older form combines 酉 (sake jar) with 卒, which likely contributed the sound and the idea of finishing or reaching a limit, suggesting intoxication from drink.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is a sake jar 酉, and the right side 卆 looks like a person staggering. Picture someone drinking from the jar until they become drunk and unsteady.
Reading mnemonic
For スイ, imagine a drunk person swaying and saying 'swee' as they slur their words: swee -> スイ, and the sake jar 酉 is the cause.