The story of 酉

ten

酉 depicts a container which used to hold liquid such as wine, and this was the original meaning of 酉. For some complicated and unknown reason, now 酉 means the tenth of Earthly Branches(地支), which is an old Chinese system for reckoning time. 酉 is one of the radicals of HanZi.

Vocabulary of 酉

Classification

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