爵
ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility
17 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,001 U+7235
How 爵 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A hand 寸 holding a goblet 良 of wine 罒
How to remember it
upper crust · Heisig RSH #2509
vulture + net + silver + glued to
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 爵 as their sound component
These characters all use 爵 (jué) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爵 sound component | jué | noble; a feudal rank or title |
| 嚼 | jiáo | to prattle, to be glib |
| 爝 | jué | torch |
Words containing 爵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公爵夫人 | gōng jué fū rén | duchess |
| 自由爵士乐 | zì yóu jué shì yuè | free jazz (music genre) |
| 爵士音乐 | jué shì yīn yuè | jazz (loanword) |
| 加官进爵 | jiā guān jìn jué | promotion to the nobility (idiom) |
| 格雷伯爵茶 | Gé léi Bó jué chá | Earl Grey tea |
| 女公爵 | nǚ gōng jué | duchess |
| 五等爵位 | wǔ děng jué wèi | five orders of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Visc… |
| 爵士乐 | jué shì yuè | jazz (loanword) |
| 高官显爵 | gāo guān xiǎn jué | high ranking |
| 爵士舞 | jué shì wǔ | jazz (loanword) |
| 爵士鼓 | jué shì gǔ | drum kit (Tw) |
| 子爵 | zǐ jué | viscount |
| 加官晋爵 | jiā guān jìn jué | to confer a title an official position |
| 公爵 | gōng jué | duke; dukedom |
| 名爵 | Míng jué | MG Motor (car manufacturer) |
| 世爵 | Shì jué | Spyker |
| 巨爵座 | Jù jué zuò | Crater (constellation) |
| 爵士 | jué shì | knight; Sir; (loanword) jazz |
| 爵位 | jué wèi | order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子… |
| 官爵 | guān jué | official ranking; titles and honors |