Chinese Character Wiki

酎

zhòu

double-fermented wine

Components
酉 meaning component

酉  Meaning component

yǒu

  

wine

wine

寸 sound component

寸  Sound component

cùn

  

(hand), inch

Evolution

酎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
酎 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

酎  

zhòu

double-fermented wine, vintage wine; strong wine

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]ruʔ

drjuwX

zhòu

new spirits made to ferment by addition of older spirits


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

7582nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+914E

Shuowen

“酎，三重醇酒也。从酉，从時省。《明堂．月令》曰：‘孟秋天子飲酎。’”


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