TSUMUGU · TOCFL A2 (est.) · 字
醉
醉 ＝ 酉 ＋ 卒
ㄗㄨㄟˋ · zuì
verb/adj — drunk, intoxicated
字源 FORM — what the parts do
酉義a wine jar
卒聲zú — gives the sounda soldier, the end of his rank
FTzú → zuì — the vowel rounds, the tone climbs
說文 reads it 酒卒——drink taken to its limit. The wine jar (酉) sets the field; 卒 zú, the foot soldier and the word for "finished," carries the sound and the idea of having had enough. From there: 喝醉、陶醉.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一甕（酉）見底，那兵（卒）也躺平了——醉。
The jar (酉) drained to the bottom, the soldier (卒) flat on his back — drunk.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)喝醉、醉酒— drunk from wine常用
→醉漢— a drunkard
⇒醉心、陶醉— enraptured, lost in something
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
醒＝ ＋ 星xǐngthe opposite jar — 醒 takes 星 and means sober, 醉 takes and means drunk卒zúthe sound donor — the soldier alone, "finished" without the jar