卣

Translingual

Han character

卣 (Kangxi radical 25, 卜+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜田尸 (YWS), four-corner 2160₀, composition ⿱⺊囙)

Derived characters

• 逌, 䚃, 𠧠, 𢈞, 𤈴, 𤨗, 𨛕, 𪾏, 𭴭

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 158, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2791
• Dae Jaweon: page 362, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 93, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5363

Chinese

Glyph origin

Pictogram (象形) . The enclosed component is written as 土 in bronze inscriptions but was later corrupted to become 仌 in the small seal script.

Etymology 1

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 卣 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• You (vessel) (English)

Compare 酉 (OC *luʔ, “alcoholic drink vessel”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

卣

1. (historical) an ancient lidded bronze vessel used to store wine offerings during rituals

   • 釐爾圭瓚，秬鬯一卣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     釐尔圭瓒，秬鬯一卣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Lí ěr guī zàn, jù chàng yī yǒu.

     I give you a large libation cup of jade,
     And a jar of herb-flavoured spirits from the black millet.

Descendants

Etymology 2

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00274
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B06211-003#34

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. wine vessel used in ancient China

Readings

• On (unclassified): ゆう (yū); ゆ (yu)
• Kun: さけつぼ (saketsubo)

Korean

Hanja

卣 (eumhun 술통 유 (sultong yu))

1. Hanja form^? of 유 (“wine vessel used in ancient China”).

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

卣: Hán Việt readings: dữu (與(dữ)九(cửu)切(thiết))

1. chữ Hán form of dữu (“wine vessel used in ancient China”).

References