chóu

toast

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
酉 meaning component

  Meaning component

yǒu

  

wine

州 sound component

  Sound component

zhōu

  

state, province, islet

Evolution

酬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chóu

toast; reward, recompense; to entertain; to repay; to return; to reward; to compensate; to reply; to answer

() 

chóu

variant of [chóu]

() 

chóu

old variant of [chóu]

Most common words with 酬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

报酬

reward

to repay

应酬

social niceties

酬劳

reward

酬金

monetary reward