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昭穆
zhāo​mù

zhao-mu system

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 昭 zhāo
    zhao
    (bound form) the left-hand position in the order of ancestral shrines, opposite to 穆 mù
  2. 穆 mù
    [order]
    (bound form) the position on the right in an ancestral temple, specifically the even-numbered generations starting from the second; often paired with 昭 zhāo