IDENTITY
醒xǐngto wake up; sober
HSK 3Top 700
CORE MEANING
to wake up; sober
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to wake upHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 酉wine radical (yǒu)
- strokes
- 16
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰酉星
- wine (sobering up)
- gives the sound xǐng
USAGE
Common words
睡醒shuìxǐngto wake up
清醒qīngxǐngclear-headed
提醒tíxǐngto remind
Graded examples
闹钟把我叫醒了。Nàozhōng bǎ wǒ jiào xǐng le.HSK4
The alarm clock woke me up.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
The wine (酉) wearing off as the stars (星) fade — waking sober.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #700
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
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