Pictograph of a container of wine (酋) placed on a table as an offering for a sacrificial or memorial ceremony.
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | denH | N-tˤe[n]-s | be fixed (v.i.) |
| denH | m-tˤe[n]-s | set forth (v.t.) |
說文解字
《說文》：“奠，置祭也。从酋，酋，酒也。下其丌也。《禮》有奠祭者。”
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- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Academia Sinica
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- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and 者 represents the sound. Based on the meaning "large city, capital", which is the meaning when pronounced "dū". When pronounced "dōu", it has the unrelated meaning "all", etymologically related to 多 (many).
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| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tu | tˤa | capital city |
說文解字
有先君之舊宗廟曰都。从邑者聲。周禮：距國五百里爲都。
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- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
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- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)