- 慥慥 zàozào honest and sincere(literary) honest and sincere; earnest; wholehearted
- 胡慥 húzào Hu ZaoChinese landscape painter active in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and one of the Eight Masters of Nanjing
- 陈慥 chénzào Chen ZaoSong Dynasty figure known by the courtesy name Jichang, famous for being extremely afraid of his wife