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斝

jiǎ

small jade wine cup

Pictograph of a container for holding wine.

Evolution

斝 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
斝 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
斝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
斝 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

斝  

jiǎ

small jade wine cup; small jade cup with ears

Component uses

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

散

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤraʔ

kaeX

jiǎ

a kind of ritual vessel


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+659D

Shuowen

“斝，玉爵也。夏曰琖，殷曰斝，周曰爵。从吅，从斗，冂象形。”
Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.345-346



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