Left wine-jug radical - pictograph of a narrow-necked liquor vessel, the indexing radical. Marks
酮 in the chemistry/fermentation family alongside
酒 (wine),
醋 (vinegar),
酸 (acid),
醇 (alcohol). All organic-chemistry terms in Chinese (ketone, ester, aldehyde) reach for
酉 because they share the underlying smell-and-distillation logic.