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zāi
HSK 7freq #8512

Meanings

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zāi
  1. 1.to plant; to grow
  2. 2.to insert; to erect (e.g. a bus stop sign)
  3. 3.to impose sth on sb
  4. 4.to stumble; to fall down

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to cultivate; to plant; to grow
  2. 2.seedling; sprout
  3. 3.to care for plants; to tend to
  4. 4.to insert
  5. 5.to impose on; to force onto someone
  6. 6.to tumble
  7. 7.to fail
  8. 8.to build using an ancient method of architectural construction

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ʔslɯː, *zlɯːs): semantic 木 + phonetic 𢦏 (OC *ʔslɯː).

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Components

𢦏

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