酹
lèi

to pour out a libation

A pinch 寽 of wine 酉; 寽 also provides the pronunciation

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
寽
寽 SoundMeaning component
lǜ, lüè to take, to seize

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangroːds
ruːls

說文解字

餟祭也。从酉寽聲。

Sources

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