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奠

diàn

pay respect

Pictograph of a container of wine (酋) placed on a table as an offering for a sacrificial or memorial ceremony.

Components
酋 iconic component

酋  Iconic component

qiú

  

chief of tribe

Depicts a container of wine.

丌 iconic component

丌  Iconic component

jī, qí

  

table

Depicts a table the container is being placed on. Modern form looks like unrelated 大.

Evolution

奠 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
奠 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
奠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

奠  

diàn

pay respect; settle; to fix; to settle; a libation to the dead

Most common words with 奠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

奠定

to fix

祭奠

to offer sacrifices (to one's ancestors)

奠基

groundbreaking

奠基人

founder

奠基石

a foundation stone

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

鄭

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*N-tˤe[n]-s

denH

diàn

be fixed (v.i.)

*m-tˤe[n]-s

denH

diàn

set forth (v.t.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2656th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+5960

Shuowen

“奠，置祭也。从酋，酋，酒也。下其丌也。《禮》有奠祭者。”


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