佐
zuǒ HSK7

assist

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 左 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

左
左 Sound component
zuǒ left

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsaHtsˤarʔ-s (dialect: *-r > *-j)aid, assist

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica