酩酊
mǐng​dǐng

blind drunk

酩 mǐng drunk

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 名 represents the sound.

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
名
名 Sound component
míng name

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmeːŋʔ
Unicodeměng

說文解字

酩酊，醉也。从酉名聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

酊 dīng, dǐng drunk

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 丁 represents the sound.

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
丁
丁 Sound component
dīng cubes

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangteːŋʔ
Unicodeděng

說文解字

酩酊也。从酉丁聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)