zhēn
to pour wine or tea into a cup
Phonosemantic compound. 斗 represents the meaning and 甚 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 斟
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to pour | ||
to consider | ||
weighing every word | ||
to pour wine or liquor |
Sources