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澡

zǎo

wash

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 喿 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

喿 sound component

喿  Sound component

zào, sào

  

chirping of birds

Evolution

澡 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
澡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
澡 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
澡 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

澡  

zǎo

wash, bathe; bath

Most common words with 澡
Freq.
Word
Meaning

洗澡

to bathe

澡

bath

澡堂

public baths

冲澡

to take a shower

澡盆

bath tub

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

藻

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mə-tsˤawʔ

tsawX

zǎo

wash (v.)


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 18.0042% of movies

1616th most common character in movies

2695th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Unicode

U+6FA1

Shuowen

“澡，洒手也。从水，喿聲。”


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