A ceremonial jade-handled ladle for pouring fragrant wine in ancestral rites, the implement of the 祼 libation; a marker of high ritual rank in early Zhou ceremony.
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No standalone use in modern Chinese; met only in classical ritual texts and given names. It is the jade radical 王 plus phonetic 赞.
Fills the right side and carries the sound zàn exactly. It contributes pronunciation only; its everyday 'praise' sense does not enter this ritual-vessel word.
