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酦 is the simplified form of 醱, a phono-semantic compound whose left side, the wine vessel radical 酉, places it in the semantic field of fermentation and alcohol, while the right side 发 (simplified from 撥) gives its pronunciation. It denotes specifically the secondary fermentation stage in traditional Chinese alcohol production, a specialized term from brewing and culinary arts rather than everyday language.
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