Kanji

What does the kanji 醒 mean?

醒 means waking up (from sleep, from drunkenness); coming to realization. On'yomi セイ. Kun'yomi さ.ます、さ.める.

Quick facts
On'yomiセイ
Kun'yomiさ.ます、さ.める
Strokes16
Main radical酉
On'yomi セイKun'yomi さ.ます、さ.める
16 strokes

waking up (from sleep, from drunkenness); coming to realization

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English meanings, On/Kun readings, stroke counts: KANJIDIC2 — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Components: KRADFILE (EDRDG). Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel), licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. Mnemonics written by GoMe.