Pictograph of a kind of vessel used for holding wine with the small dots in it representing the wine contained in the vessel.
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Meaning (1)
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | trhjangH | tʰraŋ-s | aromatic spirits |
說文解字
《說文》：“鬯，以秬釀鬱艸，芬芳攸服，以降神也。从凵，凵，器也；中象米；匕所以扱之。《易》曰：‘不喪匕鬯’。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)