奠
diàn
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to fix, to settle, a libation to the dead
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
奠 shows liquor 酋 and a flat surface, once written 一 but now 大. It first meant setting ritual liquor on the ground as an offering. From that it came to mean to settle or fix, and then to establish.
Drawn as: liquor; flat ground
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