# 酔 drunk

西 (west) + 九 (the number 9) + 十 (ten)
★★★★★
11 strokes

## Onyomi

SUI |

## Mnemonic

| In the west, nine out of ten people drink alcohol because it's SWEET!

## Kunyomi

よ*う | to be drunk (see below!) NUBI ★★★★★

## Jukugo

酔っ払い(よっぱらい) | drunk ★★★★★ SARC 酔 (drunk) + 払 (pay) = 酔っ払い (drunk) drunk (literally, 'paying for one's drink'!)
二日酔い(ふつかよい) | hangover ★★★★☆ SARC 二 (two) + 日 (sun, day) + 酔 (drunk) = 二日酔い (hangover) hangover (literally: 'paying for your drink'）
泥酔者(でいすいしゃ) | shit-faced ★☆☆☆☆ SARC 泥 (mud) + 酔 (drunk) + 者 (professional) = 泥酔者 (shit-faced) someone who is shit-faced drunk (泥酔する： to BE shit-faced)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
酸 | sour | EACH | 各
酔 | drunk | TEN | 十
酷 | horrendous | MOUTH | 口
粋 | essence | RICE | 米
砕 | pulverize | ROCK | 石

EACH lemon is sour,

but NINE OF TEN guys get drunk every hour,

and your MOUTH has horrendously bad raps when you you freestyle in the shower.

The essence of my RICE you did mock,

so I pulverize you with a ROCK!!