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jiǔ

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Definition	wine, spirits, liquor, alcoholic beverage
Formation Method	(会意) Associative Compound. A jar 酉 of wine 氵. (形声-R) Pictophonetic-Reclarified. 氵 (water) reclarifies the meaning while 酉 suggests both meaning and sound.

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