zǎi
to slaughter
A barracks 宀 where slaves 辛 live
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
zǎi
to slaughter; to rule; to slaughter livestock; to govern or rule; to cheat customers; imperial official in dynastic China
Most common words with 宰
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to govern or rule | ||
to dominate | ||
to slaughter | ||
prime minister (in feudal China) | ||
abattoir |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[ts]ˤəʔ | tsojX | zǎi | steward; minister |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 9.9792% of movies
1911th most common character in movies
2080th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+5BB0 |
Shuowen | “宰，辠人在屋下執事者。从宀，从辛。辛，辠也。” |
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