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zǎo

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zǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zǎo | zao3
English translation
date tree; dates, jujubes; surname

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About zǎo

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

zǎo

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A tree  with many thorns 

Etymology of zǎo

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

朿朿

Explanation

Simplified form of zǎo . Pictograph of a date tree.

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Words with zǎo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zǎo jujube zǎo
红枣 hóng zǎo jujube紅棗
枣子 zǎo zi dates棗子
大枣 dà zǎo jujube大棗
枣庄 Zǎo zhuāng Zaozhuang prefecture level city in Shandong棗莊
酸枣 suān zǎo sour date (Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa)酸棗
蜜枣 mì zǎo candied jujube蜜棗
枣树 zǎo shù jujube tree棗樹
枣庄市 Zǎo zhuāng shì Zaozhuang prefecture level city in Shandong棗莊市
枣阳 Zǎo yáng Zaoyang county level city in Xiangfan 襄樊 Xiāng fán [Xiāng​fán], Hubei棗陽
枣阳市 Zǎo yáng shì Zaoyang county level city in Xiangfan 襄樊 Xiāng fán [Xiāng​fán], Hubei棗陽市
枣泥 zǎo ní jujube paste棗泥
囫囵吞枣 hú lún tūn zǎo to lap up囫圇吞棗
枣强县 Zǎo qiáng xiàn Zaoqiang county in Hengshui 衡水 Héng shuǐ [Héng​shuǐ], Hebei棗強縣
海枣 hǎi zǎo date (fruit)海棗
枣强 Zǎo qiáng Zaoqiang county in Hengshui 衡水 Héng shuǐ [Héng​shuǐ], Hebei棗強
醉枣 zuì zǎo dates in liquor醉棗
酒枣 jiǔ zǎo dates in liquor酒棗

zǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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