What 觯 means
It names an ancient Chinese ritual wine vessel.
Nobody invented it on a date. Bronze 觯 turns up by the mid-Shang period, made for drinking wine in ritual life; Henan Museum traces the earliest two known bronzes to Fu Hao's late-Shang tomb at Yinxu.
During the late Shang and early Western Zhou it moved from backup beside 爵 and 觚 to a regular 爵 pairing that tended to push 觚 aside. After the early Western Zhou the bronze form faded from common use.
Formal, archaic, and museum-facing; add context in everyday chat.
Use it for the vessel or its historical setting, not as a generic cheers sign.
Who writes 觯
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Questions people ask
1Is 觶 different from 觯?
No. 觶 is traditional; 觯 is simplified, and both read zhì.
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How to type or find 觯
- Also called
- 觶 · zhì
- Search it as
- zhi · goblet · vessel · ritual
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
觯\89EFzhi, choose 觯; for traditional Chinese, choose 觶.Codes and encoding1 code points
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