zhì

wine goblet made from horn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyetarritual vessel
Zhengzhangtjal
tjals

說文解字

鄉飲酒角也。《禮》曰:“一人洗,舉觶。”觶受四升。从角單聲。

Sources

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Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

zhì wine goblet made from horn Simplified

Components

Meaning component
jiǎo, jué horn

horn

Sound component
dān single

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