The Chinese Radical: 酉


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Meaning
wine, alcohol    酉

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 3
alcohol, wine, liquor
jiǔ
Left: water/liquid , right: wine jar
The liquid in the wine jar is alcohol.
JLPT HSK 4
to wake up (after drinking), to sober up
xǐng
Left: wine mug , right: star (Suns that live are the stars. [due to their movements in the night sky])
After the mug of wine you are under the stars, where you wake up and need to sober up.
JLPT HSK 4
honorific, to honor, to respect
zūn
From top: out of , wine mug , skillful hand
When sth. comes out of a wine mug by a skillful hand, it's seen to be: honorific.
JLPT HSK 4
sour, acid
suān
Left: wine jar , right: nose , legs , upturned foot )
Wine that smells like nose, legs and feet is sour.
JLPT HSK 5
to join, fit, mate, mix, complete
pèi
Left: wine mug , right: self (Following the windings, I find myself.)
The mug of wine itself fits and must join.
JLPT HSK 5
to obey, comply with, to observe, to follow
zūn
Left: movement , right: honourific (When sth. comes out of a wine mug by a skillful hand , it's seen to be: honorific.)
A honorific movement is obedient.
JLPT HSK 5
to be drunk, intoxicated
zuì
Left: alcohol , right: soldier, suddenly (Between rotary discs , are soldiers who die suddenly.)
The alcohol lets you be as if between two rotary disks, when you are drunk.
JLPT HSK 5
to crouch, to squat
dūn
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: honorific (When sth. comes out of a wine mug by a skillful hand , it's seen to be: honorific.)
(Making a kowtow?) With your feet you are honorific, if you crouch.
JLPT HSK 5
vinegar, jealousy (in love rivalry)

Left: alcohol , right: former times (Together in the sun we think of former times)
It was alcohol in former times, now it's changed to vinegar.
JLPT HSK 5
sauce, paste (of fermented soya bean), jam
jiàng
Top: bed (here: fragment cf:爿,) and evening , bottom: alcohol (image of a bottle)
(The leftovers from the party are fermented) Put the fragments (=leftovers ) from the evening into an alcohol bottle and you will get a sauce.
JLPT HSK 6
ruthless, cruel, harsh, strong (e.g. of wine)

Left: wine mug , right: announce (cow opens mouth )
After the mug of wine was his announcement: harsh and ruthless.
JLPT HSK 6
to reward, to repay, to return, compensate
chóu
Left: wine mug , right: prefecture (Sandbanks in the river separate the prefectures.)
One mug of wine is for the prefecture as a reward.
JLPT HSK 6
to settle, to lay foundation, to fix, pay respect
diàn
Top: tribal chief 酋 (Who distributes out of the wine jug , is the tribal chief.), bottom: big
A tribal chief is doing big, when settling a foundation.
JLPT HSK 6
to ferment, to brew, form gradually
niàng
Left: alcohol , right: good
The alcohol is good, because it is ferment.
JLPT HSK 6
to pour wine & drink wine, to deliberate, to consider
zhuó
Left: wine mug , right: sháo (18 ml: image of a ladle with sth. in )
Wine in portions of one sháo was poured in and drank.
JLPT HSK 6
to brew
yùn
Left: alcohol , right: cloud (It can drip from both , namely from noses or: clouds)
When alcohol makes clouds, then during the brewing.
JLPT HSK 6
drunk

Left: alcohol , right: fearful (The mark on the container shows that its content is vicious and fearful)
The alcohol is fearful, because it makes you drunk.
JLPT no HSK
enzyme, ferment
méi
Left: alcohol , right: every (every person = has a mother )
For (the production [or degradation]) of alcohol, you/everybody need an enzyme.
JLPT no HSK
alcohol, wine with high alcohol content, pure
chún
Left: wine jar, alcohol , right: enjoy (The tall child is enjoying)
The alcohol for enjoying: Alcohol!
JLPT no HSK
tribal chief
qiú
Top: out of , bottom: wine jug
Who distributes out of the wine jug, is the tribal chief.
JLPT no HSK
flaky pastry, crunchy, limp, soft, silky

Left: wine jar , right: rice plant
(The alcohol makes it ferment.) Some alcohol to the rice and you get a flaky pastry.
JLPT no HSK
yeast, leavening, fermentation
jiào
Left: wine jar , right: filial obedience (... An old man with a stick/cane teaches them to a child .)
In a wine jar it is set with filial obedience the yeast for fermenting.
JLPT no HSK
drunk, intoxicated
hān
Left: alcohol , right: sweet (image of an open mouth 廿 with something sweet between teeth)
(You don't taste the percentage in sweet cocktails.) Alcohol that is sweet, makes you drunk.
JLPT no HSK
curdled milk, cheese
lào
Left: wine mug , right: every, each (Sitting cross-legged on a cushion does everybody.)
The wine mugs: Each caused curdled milk.
JLPT no HSK
wine mug, alcohol, (astrol:) rooster
yǒu

Image of a wine mug.
JLPT no HSK
ketone (chemistry)
tóng
Left: wine jar/alcohol , right: the same (All container have only one opening and it is the same.)
(They are obtained by oxidation of alcohol) The alcohol can be the same when it becomes ketones.
JLPT no HSK
to dip in (ink, sauce etc)
zhàn
Top: plant , bottom: 醮 (alcohol , scorched, burnt, charred ) [ = The bird is on fire to be burnt.]
A plant with alcohol will burn, even if you (only have briefly): dipped it into it.

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