Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 酔

酔

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Meaning

 drunk, tipsy, dizzy

Pronunciation

 SUI
you

Explanation

 Left: wine mug 酉, right: nine 九 out of ten 十

Mnemonic

Alcohol with 90% makes you drunk.

Radicals

酉 alcohol(wine jar)
nine out of ten
九 nine
十 ten(Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten.)
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Vocabulary

麻酔 ますい anesthesia
泥酔 でいすい being dead drunk
酔う よう to get drunk/to become intoxicated
酔っ払い よっぱらい drunkard

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