甾醇
zāi​chún

sterol

甾 zāi, zī container

Pictograph of a container made out of bamboo. Variant of 𠙹.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 7 verified)

淄辎缁锱鲻鯔錙

Iconic (1)

巢

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

缁

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsrɯ

說文解字

《說文》：“甾，東楚名缶曰甾。象形。，古文。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.878
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

醇 chún rich

Wine 酉 fit to be savored 享

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
享
享 Meaning component
xiǎng enjoy

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdjun

說文解字

不澆酒也。从酉𦎫聲。

Sources

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