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酌 — Chinese character

酌
zhuó
to pour wine, to drink wine; to deliberate, to consider

Pinyin
zhuó
Radical
164 ⾣ (Wine)
Strokes
10
Components
酉 勺
Formation
pictophonetic — wine; meaning component 酉; sound component 勺
Japanese
酌 as a kanji

Common words with 酌

WordPinyinMeaning
斟酌zhēn zhuóto consider; to deliberate
酌情zhuó qíngto use discretion; to take circumstances into account
小酌xiǎo zhuóto have a few (alcoholic) drinks (often implying a small party)
酌量zhuó liángto consider; to allow for
参酌 (參酌)cān zhuóto consider (a matter); to deliberate
酌定zhuó dìngto decide after intense deliberation
字斟句酌zì zhēn jù zhuóweighing every word
独酌 (獨酌)dú zhuóto drink alone
酌收zhuó shōuto charge different prices according to the situation; to collect (items) as appropriate
商酌shāng zhuóto deliberate
酌情处理 (酌情處理)zhuó qíng chǔ lǐsee 酌情办理 (zhuó qíng bàn lǐ)
酌减 (酌減)zhuó jiǎnto make considered reductions; discretionary reduction

English words written with 酌

酌 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: I Ching 1 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 2

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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