Radical
Strokes
8
Residual strokes
4
Mandarin
zǎo
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
4 strokes
Strokes
8 strokes
Mandarin
zǎo

Definitions by reading

zo2
Mandarin equivalent zǎo
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng zo2 Chaoyang zo2 Chenghai zo2 Jieyang zo2 Raoping zo2 Shantou zo2
①zǎo
②落叶灌木或乔木,枝有刺,叶卵形,开小黄花,核果称“枣子”或“枣儿”,椭圆形,熟时红色,供食用,也入药:~红。~泥 | 囫囵吞~(喻读书等不加分析辨别地笼统接受)。
③黑枣树。落叶乔木,跟柿树同属一科。果实叫“黑枣儿”,可吃。
④枣树,落叶亚乔木,果实叫枣子可吃
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English meaning

date tree; dates, jujubes; surname

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
精母 一等 開口 豪韵 上声 子晧切
Reconstruction:
Original

果名。史記曰:楚莊王時,有所愛馬,啖以脯棗。漢書曰:安邑千樹棗,等千戶侯。又姓,出潁川,文士傳云:棗氏本姓棘,避難改焉。