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酋

qiú

chief of tribe

Original meaning: 

wine-master

Depicts a container of wine. Based on the original meaning "wine-master". The meaning later shifted to "elder" and "chief".

Components
八 distinguishing component

八  Distinguishing component

bā

  

eight

Mark added to distinguish this character from 酉.

酉 sound,iconic component

酉  Sound Iconic component

yǒu

  

wine

Depicts a container of wine.

Evolution

酋 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
酋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
酋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

酋  

qiú

chief of tribe, chieftain; tribal chief

Most common words with 酋
Freq.
Word
Meaning

酋长

tribal chief

阿联酋

United Arab Emirates

酋

tribal chief

阿拉伯联合酋长国

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

酋长国

Emirate

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

猷 遒 蝤

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

尊 奠

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m-tsu

dzjuw

qiú

wine-master


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.1052% of movies

2886th most common character in movies

3403rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+914B

Shuowen

“酋，繹酒也。从酉，水半見於上。《禮》有‘大酋’，掌酒官也。”


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