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Pronunciation
:
jiŭ
Meaning
: liquor/wine/alcohol
Etymology
:
Water 水 (redundant) + alcohol 酉 (semantic/phonetic). (
pictogram/phono-semantic compound
).
Traditional character
: 酒 (the same)
Found in
:
Bai JuYi's 问刘十九
Word of the day on: 03.18.08