• 食(eat; food)
• 歺(bone remnant; residue)
• 又(hand; again)

A meal is when the hand picks up leftover scraps and puts them in the mouth — the image of primitive eating.

• 口(mouth; door)
• 后(behind; empress (figuratively—one who rules from behind))

A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.

• 氵(water; liquid)
• 酉(wine vessel (pictographic))

Alcohol is a liquid stored in a vessel and fermented from grain.

• 食(eat; food)
• 歺(bone remnant; residue)
• 又(hand; again)

A meal is when the hand picks up leftover scraps and puts them in the mouth — the image of primitive eating.

• 口(mouth; door)
• 后(behind; empress (figuratively—one who rules from behind))

A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.

• 氵(water; liquid)
• 酉(wine vessel (pictographic))

Alcohol is a liquid stored in a vessel and fermented from grain.