jué

feudal title or rank

Original meaning: 

wine-warming vessel

Pictograph of a type of vessel used to serve warm wine during ancestor worship ceremonies. Based on the original meaning "wine-warming vessel". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "fedual title or rank".

Evolution

爵 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
爵 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
爵 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

jué

feudal title or rank; ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility

Most common words with 爵
Freq.
Word
Meaning

爵士

knight

伯爵

earl

nobility

公爵

duke

爵士乐

jazz (loanword)

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)