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diàn

Meanings

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diàn
  1. 1.to fix
  2. 2.to settle
  3. 3.a libation to the dead

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to set; to lay; to place down (typically in ceremonial contexts)
  2. 2.to make offerings to the dead; to libate
  3. 3.to establish
  4. 4.fake

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Etymology

Oracle bone script: Pictogram (象形) – an alcohol vessel (酉) placed on a mat (一). In the bronze inscriptions, two strokes (八) were sometimes added above the alcohol vessel, representing overflowing alcohol; this is inherited in the small seal script as 酋. In some bronze inscriptions, two horizontal strokes were sometimes also added below the line representing a mat; the strokes sometimes were changed to something like 八. These two strokes then fused with the mat to give 丌 (a table with two legs) in the small seal script. 丌 later evolved into 大 by process of libian (隸變).

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Stroke order

Components

奠酋大

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Derived terms

供奠奠儀奠仪奠地奠基奠安奠定奠敬奠祭奠立奠都奠酒奠酹奠雁家奠弔奠吊奠拜奠澆奠浇奠祖奠祭奠設奠设奠路奠遣奠釋奠释奠饋奠馈奠

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Related words

奠定 to establish祭奠 to offer sacrifices (to one's ancestors)奠都 to determine the position of the capital奠酒 a libation奠仪 a gift of money to the family of the deceased奠基 to lay a foundation奠祭 pouring of wine on ground for sacrifice奠基石 foundation stone; cornerstone奠基人 founder奠基者 founder奠济宫 Dianji Temple in Keelung, Taiwan