The Chinese Radical: 酉




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Meaning
wine, alcohol    酉

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 3
alcohol, wine, liquor
jiǔ
Left: water/liquid 氵, right: wine jar 酉
The liquid in the wine jar is alcohol.  
HSK 4
to wake up (after drinking), to sober up
xǐng
Left: wine mug 酉, right: star 星 (Suns 日 that live 生 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.  
HSK 4
honorific, to honor, to respect
zūn
From top: out of 丷, wine mug 酉, skillful hand 寸
When sth. comes out of a wine mug by a skillful hand, it's seen to be: honorific.  
HSK 4
sour, acid
suān
Left: wine jar 酉, right: nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
Wine that smells like nose, legs and feet is sour.  
HSK 5
to join, fit, mate, mix, complete
pèi
Left: wine mug 酉, right: self 己 (Following the windings, I find myself.)
The mug of wine itself fits and must join.  
HSK 5
to obey, comply with, to observe, to follow
zūn
Left: movement 辶, right: honorific 尊 (When sth. comes out 丷 of a wine mug 酉 by a skillful hand 寸, it's seen to be: honorific.)
A honorific movement is obedient.  
HSK 5
to be drunk, intoxicated
zuì
Left: alcohol 酉, right: soldier, suddenly 卒 (Between rotary discs 亠,十 are soldiers 人 who die suddenly.)
The alcohol lets you 从 be as if between two rotary disks, when you are drunk.  
HSK 5
to crouch, to squat
dūn
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: honorific 尊 (When sth. comes out 丷 of a wine mug 酉 by a skillful hand 寸, it's seen to be: honorific.)
(Making a kowtow?) With your feet you are honorific, if you crouch.  
HSK 5
vinegar, jealousy (in love rivalry)

Left: alcohol 酉, right: former times 昔 (Together 共 in the sun 日 we think of former times)
It was alcohol in former times, now it's changed to vinegar.  
HSK 5
sauce, paste (of fermented soy bean), jam
jiàng
Top: bed 丬 (here: fragment cf:爿,片) and evening 夕, bottom: alcohol 酉 (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.  
HSK 6
ruthless, cruel, harsh, strong (e.g. of wine)

Left: wine mug 酉, right: announce 告 (cow 牛 opens mouth 口)
After the mug of wine was his announcement: harsh and ruthless.  
HSK 6
to reward, to repay, to return, compensate
chóu
Left: wine mug 酉, right: prefecture 州 (Sandbanks 丶 in the river 川 separate the prefectures.)
One mug of wine is for the prefecture as a reward.  
HSK 6
to settle, to lay foundation, to fix, pay respect
diàn
Top: tribal chief 酋 (Who distributes out of 丷 the wine jug 酉, is the tribal chief.), bottom: big 大
A tribal chief is doing big, when settling a foundation.  
HSK 6
to ferment, to brew, form gradually
niàng
Left: alcohol 酉, right: good 良
The alcohol is good, because it is ferment.  
HSK 6
to pour wine & drink wine, to deliberate, to consider
zhuó
Left: wine mug 酉, right: sháo 勺 (18 ml: image of a ladle 勹 with sth. in 丶)
Wine in portions of one sháo was poured in and drank.  
HSK 6
to brew
yùn
Left: alcohol 酉, right: cloud 云 (It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds)
When alcohol makes clouds, then during the brewing.  
HSK 6
drunk

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

Left: wine jar 酉, right: rice plant 禾
(The alcohol makes it ferment.) Some alcohol to the rice and you get a flaky pastry.  
no HSK
yeast, leavening, fermentation
jiào
Left: wine jar 酉, right: filial obedience 孝 (... An old man 耂 with a stick/cane ノ teaches them to a child 子.)
In a wine jar it is set with filial obedience the yeast for fermenting.  
no HSK
drunk, intoxicated
hān
Left: alcohol 酉, right: sweet 甘 (image of an open mouth 廿 with something sweet 一 between teeth)
(You don't taste the percentage in sweet cocktails.) Alcohol that is sweet, makes you drunk.  
no HSK
curdled milk, cheese
lào
Left: wine mug 酉, right: every, each 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)
The wine mugs: Each caused curdled milk.  
no HSK
wine mug, alcohol, (astrol:) rooster
yǒu

Image of a wine mug.  
no HSK
ketone (chemistry)
tóng
Left: wine jar/alcohol 酉, right: the same 同 (All container 冂 have only one 一 opening 口 and it is the same.)
(They are obtained by oxidation of alcohol) The alcohol can be the same when it becomes ketones.  
no HSK
to dip in (ink, sauce etc)
zhàn
Top: plant 艹, bottom: 醮 (alcohol 酉, scorched, burnt, charred 焦) [焦 = The bird 隹 is on fire 灬 to be burnt.]
A plant with alcohol will burn, even if you (only have briefly): dipped it into it.  

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.
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