zhòu

double-fermented wine

Components

Meaning component
yǒu wine

wine

Sound component
cùn, cun (hand), inch

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrjuwX[d]ruʔnew spirits made to ferment by addition of older spirits
Zhengzhangl'us

說文解字

三重醇酒也。从酉,从時省。《明堂月令》曰:“孟秋,天子飲酎。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica