Definitions
pour libation on ground
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The character 醊 is a phono-semantic compound, with the left radical 酉 (yǒu) indicating its semantic category of wine or fermentation, and the right component 叕 (zhuó, meaning to connect) providing the phonetic element. In classical texts, its primary meaning refers to the ritual pouring of libations onto the ground or an altar during sacrifices to ancestors or deities. Although this ceremonial act is its core sense, the character was sometimes used more broadly for drinking or communal feasting, though it remains fundamentally an archaic term for ancient religious offerings rather than ordinary consumption.
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