醯

醯 · xī

vinegar; pickle; acid

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xī
Cantonese
hei1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

vinegar; pickle; acid

Dictionary definitions & readings

醯 xī · acyl

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
63599.030:xī Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1228.080:xī Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
393.190:xī Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xī粵hei1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ケイ す Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
혜:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
呼雞 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MWYUT Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1061.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1287.370 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
090.06 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1241i Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+91AF
Radical
酉 · 164
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
12
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6376

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

19 strokes
醯
Strokes
19
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

19 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
xej · 呼雞 · 蟹開四平齊曉 · #307

PHONO-ML, source line 2915; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1355.406
kDaeJaweon
1788.170
kGSR
1241i
kHanYu
63599.030
kIRGDaeJaweon
1788.170
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63599.030
kIRGKangXi
1287.370
kKangXi
1287.370
kKarlgren
131
kMatthews
2448
kMeyerWempe
694o
kMorohashi
40036
kSBGY
090.06
kSMSZD2003Index
713.10
kCangjie
MWYUT
kFourCornerCode
1061.7
kMojiJoho
MJ026553
kPhonetic
450 779
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-7535
kIRG_HSource
HB2-F151
kIRG_JSource
J0-6E51
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F5DA
kIRG_KSource
K0-7B38
kIRG_TSource
T2-637B
kRSUnicode
164.12
kTotalStrokes
19
kBigFive
F151
kCCCII
234141
kCNS1986
2-637B
kCNS1992
2-637B
kEACC
234141
kGB0
8521
kGB1
8521
kJis0
7849
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
6832
kTGH
2013:6376
kTaiwanTelegraph
6832
kXerox
307:176
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6958+164.7.12 V+13616+164.7.12
kCantonese
hei1
kDefinition
vinegar; pickle; acid
kFanqie
呼雞
kHangul
혜:0N
kHanyuPinyin
63599.030:xī
kJapanese
ケイ す
kJapaneseKun
SU
kJapaneseOn
KEI KAI
kKorean
HYEY
kMandarin
xī
kSMSZD2003Readings
xī粵hei1
kTGHZ2013
393.190:xī
kXHC1983
1228.080:xī

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 醯0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
酉 beside (㐬 above 皿) · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰酉⿱㐬皿$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰酉⿱㐬皿$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.