醺

helplessly intoxicated

醺 character breakdown

醺
- 熏
  - 千
    - 丿
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
  - 灬
  - 黑
    - 囗
    - 土
      - 一
      - 十
        
        一
        
        丨
    - 灬
    - ⺌
      - 小
        
        亅
        
        八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
- 酉
  - 一
  - 兀
    - 一
    - 儿
      - 丿
      - 乚
  - 日
    - 一
    - 囗
  - 西
    - 兀
      - 一
      - 儿
        
        丿
        
        乚
    - 口
    - 囗

to smoke / to fumigate / to assail the nostrils / to perfume

熏 = 千 + 黑 : Xu Xian (xu) is getting ready to go out on a data in front of the encampment ((e)n1). To create a perfume (熏) he smashes a blackboard (黑) to a fine powder using a kilo (千) and perfumes (熏) himself with the smoking (熏) powder.

熏

燻

xu̅n = xu + (e)n1

variant of 熏[xun1]

熏

薰

xu̅n = xu + (e)n1

fragrance / warm / to educate / variant of 熏[xun1] / to smoke / to fumigate

酉

yǒu = y + ou3

10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster / ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)

酉 = 兀 + 日 : The rooster and Maud Younger are taking part in a re-enactment in the outhouse. They re-enact former times by getting up with sunrise; the rooster stands on top of the sun and crows so that everybody gets up, and Maud Younger plays a traditional sihu fiddle.