zā
to go round
Origin unclear. Possibly depicts the roots of a plant.
Oracle script
Bronze script
Seal script
Clerical script
Regular script
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[ts]ˤ[ə]p | tsop | zā | a round, a circle |
Not found in HSK word list
4170th most common character in books
Strokes | 4 |
Unicode | U+5E00 |
Shuowen | “帀,周也。从反之而帀也。” |