酤
gū

to deal in spirits

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine

wine

古
古 Sound component
gǔ old

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkaː
kaːs
ɡaːʔ
Unicodego
gò
hǒ

說文解字

一宿酒也。一曰買酒也。从酉古聲。

Sources

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