barrel, cask, keg
樽 centers on a wooden container for liquids: a barrel, cask, or keg.
樽 combines 木 (wood) with 尊, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to a vessel or container. The character specifically denotes a wooden barrel.
A wooden 木 container 尊 that holds liquid: picture a sturdy wooden barrel with a bung, used as a cask or keg.
For ソン, imagine a son inheriting his father's wooden barrel: son -> ソン, and the barrel is passed down.
cask; barrel
sake barrel; sake cask
beer barrel
miso barrel
hogshead; puncheon; foudre
Otaru University of Commerce
Otaru City Museum of Art
wooden barrel
red and black lacquered sake cask with horn-like handles, used for ceremonies
lacquered sake barrel (often used at weddings and other celebratory events)
(eating or drinking) party
diplomatic negotiations at the dinner table; diplomatic bargaining
persimmons mellowed in a sake cask
sake that has been kept in a wooden cask; cask sake; barreled sake
water cask
oil barrel; oil cask
empty barrel
sake barrel wrapped in straw matting
two-handled keg