zòu
memorialize emperor
Original meaning:
perform music and dance as prayer
Depicts holding decorative plant (𠦪) in both hands (廾) for use in a musical performance to pray.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
zòu
memorialize emperor; report; to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
Most common words with 奏
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
rhythm | ||
to perform on a musical instrument | ||
to achieve | ||
effective | ||
to accompany (musically) |
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.778-779