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záo
HSK 7freq #17288

Meanings

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záo
  1. 1.(bound form) chisel
  2. 2.to bore a hole; to chisel; to dig
  3. 3.(literary) certain; authentic; irrefutable
  4. 4.also pr. [zuò]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to pound; to grind; to husk
  2. 2.polished rice

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意) – (⿱丵臼*) A chisel inside of a mortar, an ancient form of 鑿, dating back to oracle bone inscriptions, components such as 殳 and 金 were added later. :This section refers to the ⿱丵凵 glyph; see Han unification to learn more. Used as a shorthand in popular novels of the Qing dynasty. Eventually adopted as an official simplified character by the People's Republic of China in the 1956 Chinese Character Simplification Scheme.

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