酒場
さかば · sakaba · JLPT N2 · noun
barroom
🍶🍺 酒 (alcohol) + 場 (place) = alcohol place: a bar
酒 means alcohol or sake, and 場 means place. Together, 酒場 is a place where alcohol is served, which is a bar. Its reading, sakaba, sounds close to saké bar.
酒 — water 氵 + 酉 (wine vessel)
酒 combines 氵 (water) with 酉, an ancient pictograph of a wine jar with a narrow neck. 酉 alone originally meant fermented liquor, but as it was borrowed for the tenth earthly branch, the water radical was added to keep the 'alcoholic drink' meaning clear.