斟
zhēn

to pour wine or tea into a cup

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

Components

斗
斗 Meaning component
dòu ladle
甚
甚 Sound component
shén, shèn extremely

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyimt.[q][ə]mdeliberate (v.)
Zhengzhangkljum
Unicodejim

說文解字

勺也。从斗甚聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)