purest cream

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
酉 meaning component

  Meaning component

yǒu

  

wine

胡 sound component

  Sound component

  

beard

Evolution

醐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
醐 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

purest cream

Most common words with 醐
Freq.
Word
Meaning

醍醐灌顶

flawless Buddhist teaching

purest cream

醍醐

nirvana