Chinese Character Wiki

酹

lèi

to pour out a libation

A pinch 寽 of wine 酉; 寽 also provides the pronunciation

Components
酉 meaning component

酉  Meaning component

yǒu

  

wine

寽 sound,meaning component

寽  Sound Meaning component

lǜ

  

to take, to seize

Evolution

酹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
酹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

酹  

lèi

to pour out a libation; to sprinkle; pour out libation; sprinkle

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

7091st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+9179

Shuowen

“酹，餟祭也。从酉，寽聲。”


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