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醒 means 'wake up'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 2047   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-39    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 4 words   Used in 26 words   Used in 16 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   セイ
Additional readings
Kun    さめる to wake up, to come to one's senses   さます to wake (someone) up
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Whether you awaken from sleep, awaken to reality, or wake up your pineal gland, 醒 is your kanji! It enables athletes to awaken dormant talents, leading to headlines such as "Naomi Osaka Comes to Life"! Discover how to talk about spoiled fun and ruined moods and how to say that you're half-asleep. Also learn how you can sober up with a double shot of the "saké" radical!
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⿰  酉 sake flask  星 star  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 醒 is used 2 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 醒 is used 20 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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セイ : 10 words FIND ALL
か く せ い ざ い 3 か く せ い ざ い 0
noun
stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)
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さめる : 5 words FIND ALL
さ め る 2
Most common form: 覚める
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to wake; to wake up
2. to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia)
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さめる (read as ざ) : 5 words FIND ALL
き ょ う ざ め る 4
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to lose interest
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Additional data
Henshall: -  Joy o' Kanji : 2041  Key to Kanji: - 

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醒
セイ   wake up
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酉
sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
星
セイ   ショウ   ほし star   
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生
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   うむ to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   おう to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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