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Etymology
Pictograph of a type of vessel used to serve warm wine during ancestor worship ceremonies. Based on the original meaning "wine-warming vessel". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "fedual title or rank".
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Originally, 爵 was a pictograph of an ancient bronze wine-warming vessel: it had a deep belly, a prominent spout, and three tall, splayed legs to heat wine over a fire. This vessel was an essential ritual implement used solely in ancestor worship ceremonies, state sacrifices, and formal aristocratic banquets. Because only individuals of high status could own and use it, the character became linked with noble rank. Eventually, its primary meaning evolved from the vessel itself to denote a feudal title or rank of nobility conferred by a monarch.
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他是一位公爵。
这位伯爵很富有。
他继承了父亲的爵位。
我喜欢听爵士乐。
爵士音乐非常动听。
国王授予他伯爵爵位。
虽然他是公爵，但他生活简朴。
在近代历史上，爵位逐渐失去了政治权力。
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