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酹
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

to pour out a libation

HSK 10
Objects →Food
lèi
ライ、ルイ、ラツ、ラチ
そそ.ぐ
A pinch 寽 of wine 酉; 寽 also provides the pronunciation
Components
酉 vessel+ 寽 handful =
酹 to pour out a libation
酉 Meaning component
yǒu vessel
10th terrestrial branch
寽 Meaning component
lǜ handful
a handful
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Notes
Similar Characters
猶 just like (trad/jp)酋 chieftain酒 liquor酥 butter醜 ugly (trad/jp)酊 intoxicated酌 pour wine配 distribute酎 double-fermented wine酏 millet wine酐 anhydride酕 drunk酖 wine with bird酗 become酚 carbolic acid酝 wine (simp)酞 phthalein酡 flushed酢 toast one's host酣 merry
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
酹
Regular
Modern
Chinese
酹 [lèi]
pour out libation; sprinkle
Example Sentences