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酉

yǒu

Character

What 酉 means

1. 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster
2. ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)

Words starting with 酉

• 酉时yǒu shí5-7 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
• 酉阳Yǒu yángYouyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重庆
• 酉鸡yǒu jīYear 10, year of the Cock (e.g. 2005)
• 酉阳县Yǒu yáng XiànYouyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重庆
• 酉牌时分yǒu pái shí fēn5-7 pm
• 酉阳土家族苗族自治县Yǒu yáng Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú Zì zhì xiànYouyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County in Chongqing 重庆

Words containing 酉

• 乙酉yǐ yǒutwenty-second year B10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2005 or 2065
• 丁酉dīng yǒuthirty-fourth year D10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1957 or 2017
• 己酉jǐ yǒuforty-sixth year F10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1969 or 2029
• 癸酉guǐ yǒutenth year J10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1993 or 2053
• 辛酉xīn yǒufifty-eighth year H10 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1981 or 2041

Characters that look like 酉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 臣chénstate official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant…
• 岗gǎng(bound form) hillock; mound; sentry post; policeman's beat; (bound form) job; post
• 昌chāng(bound form) prosperous; flourishing
• 匠jiàngcraftsman
• 甫fǔ(classical) barely; just; just now

Sounds the same

Read yǒu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 有to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 友friend
• 黝black; dark green
• 莠Setaria viridis; vicious
• 铕europium (chemistry)
• 卣wine container
• 牖to enlighten; lattice window
• 懮grievous; relaxed
• 羑to lead
• 槱ritual bonfire
• 泑the vitreous glaze on china, porcelain etc
• 丣old variant of 酉