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锺 · Chu Sui Liang

Zhōng (1st tone). The Shuowen Jiezi defines it as 「酒器也。从金重聲」 — ‘a wine vessel’. That is the root: a bronze cup, the kind the Kangxi glosses through 《孔叢子·儒服篇》「堯舜千鍾,孔子百觚」 (Yao and Shun a thousand cups, Confucius a hundred goblets) and 《正字通》「壷 $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart