枣庄

枣 zǎo date tree Simplified

Simplified form of 棗. Pictograph of a date tree.

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庄 zhuāng village, farmstead Simplified

Simplified form of 莊. Depicts buildings (广) on the ground (土).

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

脏桩赃

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbreːŋ

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Zhengzhang Shangfang

棗 zǎo date tree Traditional

Pictograph of two thorns.

Components

朿
朿 Iconic component
cì thorn, stab
朿
朿 Iconic component
cì thorn, stab

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

早

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsawX[ts]ˤuʔ jujube

說文解字

《說文》：“棗，羊棗也。从重朿。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

莊 zhuāng village, farmstead Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 壯 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

壯
壯 Sound component
zhuàng big, strong

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrjang[ts]raŋ dignified, grave

說文解字

《說文》：“莊，上諱。，古文莊。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)