zhuó
serve wine
Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 勺 represents the sound.
Evolution
Bronze script
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 酌
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to pour wine | ||
to consider | ||
to use discretion | ||
weighing every word | ||
to have a drink |
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