觪 (xīng) - An ancient term for a type of horn & archaic and rarely used in modern Chinese.

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觪 · xīng

An ancient term for a type of horn or drinking vessel, often made from animal horn;

archaic and rarely used in modern Chinese.

An ancient term for a type of hornarchaic and rarely used in modern Chinese.

Usage highlights

horn vesseldrinking hornancient hornritual hornbronze horn

Synonyms

  • 角— horn; angle
  • 觥— ancient wine vessel made of horn

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The ancient vessel was identified as a horn cup (觪).
  • Archaeologists found a drinking horn (角觪) in the tomb.
  • In ritual texts, the horn vessel (觪器) was mentioned.

Collocations

  • horn vessel(角觪)
  • drinking horn(饮觪)
  • ancient horn(古觪)
  • ritual horn(礼觪)
  • bronze horn(铜觪)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Appears in ancient texts and archaeological contexts related to ritual vessels.
  • Associated with early Chinese drinking vessels made from animal horns.
  • Extremely rare in modern usage, primarily of interest to scholars.

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