zhēn

to pour wine or tea into a cup

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
斗 meaning component

  Meaning component

dǒudòu

  

ladle

甚 sound component

  Sound component

shénshèn

  

extremely

Evolution

斟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
斟 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
斟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhēn

to pour wine or tea into a cup; to gauge; to pour; to deliberate

Most common words with 斟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to pour

斟酌

to consider

字斟句酌

weighing every word

斟酒

to pour wine or liquor