醮
jiào

religious service

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 焦 represents the sound.

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
焦
焦 Sound component
jiāo burned

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

蘸

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsews

說文解字

冠娶禮。祭。从酉焦聲。

Sources

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