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斝 [jiǎ] 1. Ancient bronze vessel used for storing wine. It has a round mouth, a spout, a pillar, a handle, and three feet, used for holding and warming wine. Later, it refers to a wine cup. Example from "Shuowen Jiezi": "斝 is a jade goblet. In the Xia Dynasty, it was called 'zhan', in the Yin Dynasty 'jia', and in the Zhou Dynasty 'jue'." Example from "Guangya": "斝 is a goblet." 2. A variant of "稼," which means grains. Example from "Zhouli": "In autumn, we taste and offer with the round-mouthed vessels, yellow vessels." 3. (Noun) An ancient wine vessel (English: round-mouthed and three-legged wine cup), made of bronze, with a round mouth and three feet, used for warming wine. Popular during the Shang Dynasty and early Western Zhou, such as: 斝耳 (an ancient wine vessel name).