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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Zǔ | Zu3
English translation
surname Zu
to form
to organize
group
team
classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries
to form, to assemble; section, department

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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thread

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

纟且

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

qiě

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and qiě represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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磷酸 lín suān 三钙组分 zǔ fèn 转化 zhuǎn huà 成为 chéngwéi 磷酸 lín suān 硫酸钙 liú suān gài .

The tricalcium phosphate constituent is converted to phosphoric acid and calcium sulfate.

宾馆 bīnguǎn de 营业 yíngyè 主体 zhǔ tǐ yóu Dōng Nán èr dòng Lóu 组成 zǔchéng .

Hotel operating the main from the east, South Floor 2 component.

Dāo shēn 刀柄 shì 把刀 de 组成部分 zǔ chéng bù fèn .

Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.

乙醛酸循环体发现 fāxiàn 油脂 yóu zhī 种子 zhǒngzi de 贮藏 zhù cáng 组织 zǔzhī Zhōng .

Glyoxysomes are found in the storage tissues of fatty seeds.

国营 guó yíng 农场 nóng chǎng 试验田 huá gěi 这个 zhè ge 小组 xiǎo zǔ 负责 fùzé .

The state farm assigned the experimental plot to that group.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
组织 zǔzhī to organize組織
to form
小组 xiǎo zǔ group小組
组合 zǔhé to assemble組合
组成 zǔchéng to form組成
重组 chóng zǔ to reorganize重組
组建 zǔ jiàn to organize組建
剧组 jù zǔ cast and crew劇組
机组 jī zǔ unit (apparatus)機組
组长 zǔ zhǎng group leader組長
分组 fēn zǔ to divide into groups分組
组装 zǔ zhuāng to assemble and install組裝
工作组 gōng zuò zǔ work team工作組
专案组 zhuān àn zǔ special investigation team (legal or judicial)專案組
组织者 zǔ zhī zhě organizer組織者
软组织 ruǎn zǔ zhī soft tissue軟組織
世贸组织 Shì mào Zǔ zhī WTO (World Trade Organization)世貿組織
党组 dǎng zǔ party leadership group黨組
芯片组 xīn piàn zǔ chipset芯片組
组件 zǔ jiàn module組件
基因组 jī yīn zǔ genome基因組
改组 gǎi zǔ to reorganize改組

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