酌
to pour wine; to drink wine; to deliberate; to consider
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,795 U+914C
How 酌 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
酉 (semantic, “wine”) + 勺 (phonetic, sháo)
How to remember it
pour wine · Heisig RSH #2460
whiskey bottle + 勺 ladle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 勺
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 勺 (sháo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勺 sound component | sháo | spoon, ladle; unit of volume |
| 豹 | bào | leopard, panther; surname |
| 灼 | zhuó | to burn, to cauterize; bright |
| 芍 | sháo | peony; water chestnuts |
| 妁 | shuò | matchmaker, go-between |
| 玓 | dì | pearl |
| 趵 | bào | the noise of tramping feet |
Words containing 酌
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 酌情处理 | zhuó qíng chǔ lǐ | see 酌情辦理|酌情办理[zhuo2 qing2 ban4 li3] |
| 酌情办理 | zhuó qíng bàn lǐ | to act after full consideration of the actual situation |
| 酌处权 | zhuó chǔ quán | discretion; discretionary power |
| 衡情酌理 | héng qíng zhuó lǐ | to weight the matter and deliberate the reason (idiom); to weigh and consider; to delibera… |
| 小酌 | xiǎo zhuó | to have a few (alcoholic) drinks (often implying a small party) |
| 自酌 | zì zhuó | to enjoy a cup of wine by oneself |
| 酌定 | zhuó dìng | to decide after intense deliberation |
| 酌加 | zhuó jiā | to make considered additions |
| 酌情 | zhuó qíng | to use discretion; to take circumstances into account; to make allowances pertinent to a s… |
| 对酌 | duì zhuó | to sit face-to-face and drink |
| 清酌 | qīng zhuó | wine offered to gods in worship |
| 酌量 | zhuó liáng | to consider; to allow for; to use one's discretion; to measure (food and drink) |
| 酌酒 | zhuó jiǔ | to pour wine |
| 商酌 | shāng zhuó | to deliberate |
| 酌收 | zhuó shōu | to charge different prices according to the situation; to collect (items) as appropriate |
| 酌处 | zhuó chǔ | to use one's own discretion |
| 酌满 | zhuó mǎn | to fill up (a wine glass) to the brim |
| 酌核 | zhuó hé | to verify after consultation |
| 独酌 | dú zhuó | to drink alone |
| 酌议 | zhuó yì | to consider and discuss |