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杂

zá

mixed, various

Simplified form of 雜. Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 集 represents the sound.

Components
九 simplified component

九  Simplified component

jiǔ

  

nine

Shorthand for the 衣 component in the traditional character 雜.

木 simplified component

木  Simplified component

mù

  

tree

Shorthand for the 集 component in the traditional character 雜.

Evolution

杂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
杂 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
杂 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
杂 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

杂 (雜) 

zá

mixed, blended; mix, mingle; mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix

杂 (襍) 

zá

variant of 雜|杂[zá]

Most common words with 杂
Freq.
Word
Meaning

杂志

magazine

复杂

complicated

杂种

hybrid

杂

mixed

杂交

to hybridize

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

染

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 48.9028% of movies

813th most common character in movies

853rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

雜

Unicode

U+6742


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