Today’s #kanji is 酒, which is listed under its phonetic element of #ひよみのとり（酉）, which also has the meaning of “sake container”. Tts semantic element is #さんずいへん（氵）, which suggests a connection with water. So 酒 refers to the liquid inside the sake bottle.
酉 can also be called とりへん but in this website I will call 酉 ひよみのとり and 鳥 とりへん.
Meaning: sake (alcohol)
Reading: シュ、さけ（ざけ）、さか
酒宴（シュエン）: a drinking aprty, a banquet
酒豪（シュゴウ）: a heavy drinker
飲酒（イン）する: to drink (alcohol), to booze
酒（さけ）: liquor, alcoholic drink, sake, rice wine
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酒癖（さけぐせ）が良（い/よ）い: be pleasant when drinking
酒癖（さけぐせ）が悪（わる）い: be unpleasant when drinking
大酒（おおざけ）飲（の）み: a heavy drinker, a boozer
利（き）き酒（ざけ）: sake tasting, wine tasting
酒場（さかば）: a bar, a tavern, a pub
酒屋（さかや）: a sake dealer, a liquor store, a bottle shop
Customary Reading
お神酒（みき）: sacred sake, sake offered to a god
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