This logogram is of ideographic origin and it was designed to evoke:

Wine 酉 aged too long 夋; 夋 also provides the pronunciation

  • 酸 tart, sour; spoiled; acid suān
    • 酉 wine; wine vessel; chemical yǒu
      • 西 west, western, westward xī
        • 兀 weak; lame wù
          • 一 one; a, an; alone yī
          • 儿 son, child ér
        • 口 mouth; entrance, gate, opening kǒu
      • 一 one; a, an; alone yī
    • 夋 to dawdle; the emperor Yao's father qūn
      • 允 to grant, to consent; just, fair yǔn
        • 厶 private, secret sī
        • 儿 son, child ér
      • 夂 to go zhǐ

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