醒悟
xǐng​wù HSK7

realize

醒 xǐng wake up, sober up

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

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
星
星 Sound component
xīng a star

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsengXs-tsʰˤeŋʔ wake up

說文解字

《說文新附》：“醒，醉解也。从酉，星聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

悟 wù to apprehend

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 吾 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

吾
吾 Sound component
wú, yú, yá I, me

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnguHŋˤa-sawake, realize
Zhengzhangŋaːs
Unicodengò

說文解字

覺也。从心吾聲。

Sources

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