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酉 means 'sake flask'

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Strokes : 7    Radical number: 164    Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-12    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 8 words   Used in 14 words   Used in 76 names   Component in 126 kanji (17 Jōyō)
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Common readings
Kun
   とり sign of the bird
Additional readings
On    ユウ
Name    なが   みのる
Notes
十 (ten)二 (two)支 (support)十 (ten)番 (turn)め
Find out about the relationship between saké and birds! That is, see why this radical was named after a bird but reeks of alcohol in many Jōyō kanji, including 酒 (sake) and 酔 (drunk).
Components
⿴  西 west  一 one  
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酉 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 酉 is used 14 times, read 2 ways.
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い つ ゆ う 2 い つ ゆ う 0
noun
twenty-second of the sexagenary cycle  (see also: 干支)
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とり : 11 words FIND ALL
noun
kanji "bird of the zodiac" radical (radical 164)  (see also: 酉偏)
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An additional とり less common words include 酉 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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酉
sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
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