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斟

zhēn

to pour wine or tea into a cup

Phonosemantic compound. 斗 represents the meaning and 甚 represents the sound.

Components
斗 meaning component

斗  Meaning component

dǒu, dòu

  

ladle

甚 sound component

甚  Sound component

shén, shèn

  

extremely

Evolution

斟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

斟  

zhēn

to pour wine or tea into a cup; to gauge; to pour; to deliberate

Most common words with 斟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

斟

to pour

斟酌

to consider

字斟句酌

weighing every word

斟酒

to pour wine or liquor

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*t.[q][ə]m

tsyim

zhēn

deliberate (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3167th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+659F

Shuowen

“斟，勺也。从斗，甚聲。”


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