You Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Wine (yǒu)
Kangxi Strokes: 15
Page 1284, Entry 25
Pronounced zhuo.
In the Jade Chapter (Yupian), it is now written as the character for a sacrificial offering. It refers to the act of sprinkling wine on the ground during a memorial service. It is also written in a variant form.
In the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), it refers to continuous sacrificial offerings.
In the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it states that sprinkling wine on the ground for a sacrifice is called zhuo.
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Treatise on the Feng and Shan Sacrifices: The lands in the four directions below it serve as sustenance for the offerings. The Commentary (Suoyin) says: The character for a sacrificial offering refers to continuous, uninterrupted sacrifices. The Correct Meaning (Zhengyi) says: It refers to the sacrificial seats for the various deities arranged around the altar being connected to one another.
Ancient Poems, Song of Sacrificing at the Luo River: Continuously performing sacrifices and prayers by the Luo River, the colors of the sacrificial offerings are linked with the three lights of the sun, moon, and stars.
Also pronounced zhui. The meaning is the same.