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酬

chóu

toast

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 州 represents the sound. Simplified form of 詶.

Components
酉 meaning component

酉  Meaning component

yǒu

  

wine

州 sound component

州  Sound component

zhōu

  

state, province, islet

Evolution

酬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

酬  

chóu

toast; reward, recompense; to entertain; to repay; to return; to reward; to compensate; to reply; to answer

酬 (酧) 

chóu

variant of 酬[chóu]

酬 (詶) 

chóu

old variant of 酬[chóu]

Most common words with 酬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

报酬

reward

酬

to repay

应酬

social niceties

酬劳

reward

酬金

monetary reward

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 8.0570% of movies

2186th most common character in movies

2005th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+916C

Shuowen

“醻，主人進客也。从酉，聲。酬，醻或从州。”


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