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

= + + + : The duke (爵) came to visit Zeus (ju) in the elevator's kitchen (e2) because he has a problem he can't solve on his own: there's a chewing gum (艮) stuck in his fishing net (罒). Zeus uses an electric razor (爫) to remove the chewing gum. The duke is really grateful, thumbs up (寸) and bestows Zeus an ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle (爵) as a sign of his appreciation.

爵 character breakdown

a unit of length / inch / thumb

= + + : Kitty Cat is playing with a petal leaf in the encampment's bathroom. She's keeping it in the air by hitting it with a flute and a crowbar. It's so much fun that she thinks to herself "thumbs up".
"claw" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 87)

Mnemonic symbol: the strokes of this character remind me of a smiling mouth over a beard; thus, I'll represent it by an electric razor. James II of England (zh) uses his electric razor (爫) to shave his beard in the aorta's living room (ao3).
net (Kangxi radical 122)

This one just looks like a fishing net. Willy walrus (w) is trying to fish frozen fish from the freezer with a net (罒) inside the anglepod's living room (ang3).
blunt / tough / chewy

= + : Mnemonic symbol: chewing gum.

= + : The sun hates it when Guy Fawkes is riding his longboard in the encampment. This time, she found out how to stop him: With chewing gum on the floor.
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain / ☶ / ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)

Characters with 爵 as component

to chew / also pr. [jue2]

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) keeps her mandarins (口) in an ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle (爵) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2). Right now she takes out another mandarin and chews (嚼) it without peeling it first.
used in 倒嚼[dao3 jiao4]
torch
pure
drain a goblet

Words with 爵

duke / dukedom
earl / count / earldom or countship (old)
Lord (UK hereditary nobility) / UK life peer
promotion to the nobility (idiom)
MG Motor (car manufacturer)
five orders of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]
to confer a title an official position

Sentences with 爵

爵 currently does not appear in any sentence.