Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 勺 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
酌
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
酌
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
酌
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
酌
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
酌
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
酌
Regular
Modern
Chinese
酌 [zhuó]
to pour wine; to drink wine; to deliberate; to consider
Japanese
noun
- pouring alcohol
- person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (52)
斟酌 [zhēnzhuó] #26,501
to consider
酌情 [zhuóqíng] #46,640
to use discretion
字斟句酌 [zìzhēnjùzhuó] #51,873
weighing every word
小酌 [xiǎozhuó] #36,136
to have a drink
酌量 [zhuóliáng] #47,015
to consider
酌定 [zhuódìng] #50,132
to decide after intense deliberation
酌予 [zhuóyǔ] #59,524
to give as one sees fit
参酌 [cānzhuó] #59,710
to consider (a matter)
参酌 [cānzhuó] #59,710
to consider (a matter)
商酌 [shāngzhuó] #60,541
to deliberate
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JAPANESE WORDS (26)
⭐ 汲み取る [くみとる] #19,862
to draw (water)
酌み交わす [くみかわす] #30,434
to pour drinks for each other
情状酌量 [じょうじょうしゃくりょう] #33,765
taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
⭐ 晩酌 [ばんしゃく] #34,944
drink at home with one's evening meal
お酌 [おしゃく] #34,960
pouring alcohol
斟酌 [しんしゃく] #38,805
taking into consideration
意を酌む [いをくむ] #39,963
to enter into a person's feelings
手酌 [てじゃく] #41,309
helping oneself to a drink
酌む [くむ] #50,330
to pour (sake)
酌量 [しゃくりょう] #66,835
taking into consideration
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