醒
awaken; awake; be disillusioned; sober up
16 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school.
Readings
- セイ (on reading): 覚醒 (かくせい) waking up; 覚醒剤 (かくせいざい) stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)
- さます (kun reading)
- さめる (kun reading): 興が醒める (きょうがさめる) to have one's fun spoiled; 酔い醒めの水下戸知らず (よいさめのみずげこしらず) a teetotaler doesn't know (how tasty) water is when waking up after having been drunk
Components
Words using 醒
- 覚醒 (かくせい) waking up
- 覚醒剤 (かくせいざい) stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)
- 大覚醒 (だいかくせい) Great Awakening (18th century American Christian revival movement)
- 警醒 (けいせい) warning
- 半睡半醒 (はんすいはんせい) half asleep and half awake
- 興が醒める (きょうがさめる) to have one's fun spoiled
- 酔い醒めの水下戸知らず (よいさめのみずげこしらず) a teetotaler doesn't know (how tasty) water is when waking up after having been drunk
16 words in all.