zá​còu

assemble

mixed, various Simplified

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Simplified component
jiǔ nine

Shorthand for the component in the traditional character .

Remnant component
gather, collect

Shorthand for the component in the traditional character .

Component uses

Sound (1)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

còu piece together Simplified

Components

Meaning component
bīng ice

ice

Sound component
zòu memorialize emperor

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰoːs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

mixed, various Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
clothes
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.
Sound component
gather, collect
Change in sound
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzop[dz]ˤ[u]p mixed

說文解字

《說文》:“雜,五彩相會。从衣,集聲。”

Sources

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

còu piece together Traditional

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
zòu memorialize emperor

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰoːs
Unicodetsòu

說文解字

水上人所會也。从水奏聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica