奠

Information about character(s)

Radical: 大
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: diàn, tíng, dìng, zhèng, zūn
Cantonese: din6
JapaneseKun: MATSURU SADAMERU
JapaneseOn: TEN DEN TEI
Korean: CEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: pay respect; settle

CE-Dict: to fix/to settle/a libation to the dead

Soothill: To settle, offer, condole.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to settle
2.to pay homage to the dead

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: establish; make offerings to the spirits of the dead; settle

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: establish; make offerings to the spirits of the dead; settle

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《丌部》奠置祭也。从酋。酋，酒也。下其丌也。《禮》有奠祭者。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集下】【大字部】奠
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤堂練切，音電。定也。【書·禹貢】奠高山大川。【盤庚】奠厥攸居。【周禮·天官·職幣】辨其物而奠其錄。【註】謂別其物色，而定其錄籍也。　又薦也，頓爵神前也。【禮·文王世子】凡學，春官釋奠於先師，秋冬亦如之。　又置也。【禮·內則】奠之而後取之。【註】男女授器必以篚，若無篚，則授者置諸地，受者亦就地以取之。　又【集韻】徒徑切，音定。【周禮·春官】小史掌邦國之志，奠繫世，辨昭𥠇。　又【韻會】唐丁切，音亭。【周禮·冬官考工記·匠人】凡行奠水，磬折以參伍。【註】奠水，渟水也。　【說文】从酋。酋，酒也，下其丌也。
考證：〔【周禮·地官·職幣】〕　謹照原書地官改天官。〔【禮·文王世子】凡學，春夏釋奠於先師。〕　謹照原文春夏改春官。

CF-Dict: établir/fonder/offrir en libation