酒

Glyph origin
- the liquid associated with an alcoholic drink vessel - alcohol.

Also a.

Etymology
From (STEDT). Cognate with.

Definitions

 * 1) alcoholic beverages in general; alcoholic drink
 * 2)  banquet
 * 1)  banquet

Descendants
Others:

Etymology 1
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From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬. Attested in the  of 712, with the ideographic spelling 酒. Additionally, appears in the ' of 720 and the ' of. This is the standalone form of saka- below.

Various theories exist regarding the ultimate derivation:
 * Might be cognate with, the of verb.
 * Might be derived from, from the idea that drinking sake would ward off cold diseases.
 * Might be derived from or a corruption of ; however, the phonological shifts required are completely unexplainable.
 * The final -ke may be an apophonic form of.

Noun

 * 1) any alcoholic beverage
 * : sake
 * 1) drinking, especially of alcoholic beverages

Etymology 2
From. Likely the original form of sake above. Rarely used in isolation. Mostly used as the first element in compounds.

Etymology 3
Originally a term, possibly derived from reduplication of the first syllable sa from sake. Alternately, may be derived by metaphor from the 🇨🇬-derived euphemism for sake,, as refers to a type of short, leafy bamboo.

Noun

 * 1)  any alcoholic beverage, especially sake

Etymology 4
From.

Noun

 * 1) an alcoholic drink, especially sake

Affix

 * 1) alcoholic drink

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with mainland 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) any alcoholic beverage

Etymology 1
From. Standalone form of saka- below.

Various theories exist regarding the ultimate derivation:
 * Might be cognate with, the of verb.
 * Might be derived from, from the idea that drinking sake would ward off cold diseases.
 * The final -ke2 may be the apophonic form of.

Noun

 * 1) any alcoholic drink, especially a rice wine similar to modern-day sake

Etymology 2
Likely the original form of sake2 above. Rarely used in isolation. Mostly used as the first element in compounds.

Noun

 * 1) any alcoholic drink, especially a rice wine similar to modern-day sake

Etymology 4
Cognate with, which is also the root for modern.

Noun

 * 1) any alcoholic drink, especially a rice wine similar to modern-day sake

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Pronunciation

 * (tone class A)

Noun

 * 1) an alcoholic beverage, particularly sake (a Japanese rice wine)