酬
chóu HSK7

toast

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

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
州
州 Sound component
zhōu state, province, islet

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdju
Unicodezhiou
zhiou

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica