醮

Information about character(s)

Radical: 酉
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 19

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiào, qiáo, zhàn
Cantonese: ziu3
JapaneseKun: MATSURU
JapaneseOn: SHOU JOU
Korean: CHO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: religious service; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony

CE-Dict: to perform sacrifice

Soothill: Libations or offerings, especially to ancestors; the offerings of All Souls' Day v. 盂 8; emptied, finished.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to dip in (sauce, etc.)

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《酉部》醮冠娶禮。祭。从酉焦聲。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集下】【酉字部】醮
【唐韻】【集韻】𠀤子肖切，音釂。【博雅】醮，祭也。【前漢·郊祀志】或言益州有金馬碧雞之神，可醮祭而致。　又【說文】冠娶禮祭。【禮·冠義】醮於客位。【疏】酌而無酬酢曰醮。又【昏義】父親醮子而命之迎，男先於女也。【註】父醮酌子命往迎婦，以男當倡導其女也。　又盡也。【爾雅·釋水】水醮曰厬。【疏】醮，盡也。【荀子·禮論篇】利爵之不醮也。【註】謂祭祀告利成，其爵不卒奠於筵前也。又【正字通】凡僧道設壇祈禱曰醮。【張端義·貴耳集】徽考寶籙宮設醮，一日親臨之，道士伏章久乃起。上問故，對曰：適至上帝所，値奎宿奏事，畢，章始達。上問奎宿何神。曰：本朝蘇軾。是後謗議者言皆不入，雖道流之說出于戃怳，然不爲無補也。　又【五音集韻】昨焦切，音樵。與憔同。【莊子·盜跖篇】滿心戚醮。【註】醮，卒也。

CF-Dict: sacrifice/noce