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Kanji Detail for 酋 - "aged wine, head brewer, chief, complete"
酋
- Meaning
酋 means "aged wine, head brewer, chief, complete."
Aged wine - Sake fermented for a long time.
Head brewer - The chief of craftsmen who manage wine-making.
Chief - A leader; a head.
Complete - To finish; to accomplish.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
chieftain
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
chief of tribe, chieftain
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
tribal chief
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
chief of tribe, chieftain
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The head of wine officials. Therefore the leader of any group is called 酋. As in 酋長 (chieftain), 群酋 (group leaders). | To end; to complete. The Book of Odes says: "Like our former lords, completing it." Meaning completing the work of the former rulers.
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