Chinese Character 酌 Meanings and components.

Form

酌

Meaning

酌 meaning[3] in English

To Pour Wine.

To Drink Wine.

To Deliberate.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 酌 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 10th earthly branch: … (酉) , and spoon (勺)

Its radical[1] is: 酉 (you3) which means: 10th Earthly Branch: 5-7 P.M., 8th Solar Month (8th September-7th October), Year Of The Rooster, Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 270° (West), .酉you310th earthly …

In cangjie it is written with MWPM

How to write 酌

To write酌zhuo2to pour … you should write a combination of 酉you310th earthly … , 勺shao2spoon arranged in a 吅 shape:

酉 + 勺 = 酌

酌 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 酌 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 酌, looks as follow:

酌
Pinyin:zhuo2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Pour Wine . To Drink Wine . To Deliberate . To Consider
酉
Pinyin:you3
Meaning[3]: 10th Earthly Branch: 5-7 P.M., 8th Solar Month (8th September-7th October), Year Of The Rooster . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 270° (West)
西
Pinyin:xi1
Meaning[3]: The West . Abbr. For Spain 西班牙[Xi1 Ban1 Ya2] . Spanish
兀
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
勺
Pinyin:shao2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Spoon . Ladle . Cl:把[Ba3] . Abbr. For 公勺[Gong1 Shao2], Centiliter (Unit Of Volume)
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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