Chinese Character Wiki
甾

zāi

container

Pictograph of a container made out of bamboo. Variant of 𠙹.

Evolution

甾 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
甾 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
甾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

甾  

zāi

ground that has been under cultivation for one year; evil, calamity; steroid nucleus

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

缁

Sound component in 7 characters (0 verified)

淄 辎 缁 錙 锱 鯔 鲻

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

巢

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5907th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+753E

Shuowen

“甾，東楚名缶曰甾。象形。，古文。”


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