爵

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ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle; nobility

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A hand 寸 holding a goblet 良 of wine 罒

Components 爫罒良寸

upper crust · Heisig RSH #2509

vulture + net + silver + glued to

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
公爵夫人	gōng jué fū rén	duchess
自由爵士乐	zì yóu jué shì yuè	free jazz (music genre)
爵士音乐	jué shì yīn yuè	jazz (loanword)
加官进爵	jiā guān jìn jué	promotion to the nobility (idiom)
格雷伯爵茶	Gé léi Bó jué chá	Earl Grey tea
女公爵	nǚ gōng jué	duchess
五等爵位	wǔ děng jué wèi	five orders of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Visc…
爵士乐	jué shì yuè	jazz (loanword)
高官显爵	gāo guān xiǎn jué	high ranking
爵士舞	jué shì wǔ	jazz (loanword)
爵士鼓	jué shì gǔ	drum kit (Tw)
子爵	zǐ jué	viscount
加官晋爵	jiā guān jìn jué	to confer a title an official position
公爵	gōng jué	duke; dukedom
名爵	Míng jué	MG Motor (car manufacturer)
世爵	Shì jué	Spyker
巨爵座	Jù jué zuò	Crater (constellation)
爵士	jué shì	knight; Sir; (loanword) jazz
爵位	jué wèi	order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子…
官爵	guān jué	official ranking; titles and honors

These characters use 爵 as their sound component — compare how they read.