奠 diàn to found
to found; to settle
怎么记住“奠”: 酋 matured wine + 大 big = to found. The mayor pours a glass of matured wine over a big stone, the first one laid in the town the pioneers came to found.
部件结构
象形 · Pictogram
A drawing of the thing it means.
奠 = 酋 matured wine + 大 big
- 酋 matured wine
- 大 big
The mayor pours a glass of matured wine over a big stone, the first one laid in the town the pioneers came to found.
How it came to be
The oldest form shows a wine vessel set down on a mat, an offering.
用法
- Two senses: to establish firmly: 奠定 (diàndìng) to lay (a foundation): 奠定基础 (diàndìng jīchǔ); and to make offerings to the dead: 祭奠 (jìdiàn).
- 奠基 (diànjī) = to lay a cornerstone. A funeral wreath bears the single character 奠.