Read Edit View history 佐 zuǒ HSK7 assist Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 左 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas zuǒ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 亻 is a component form of 人. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 佐 Simp strokes 佐 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 佐 Simp strokes 佐 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 佐 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 310, 791 ], [ 336, 766 ], [ 348, 743 ], [ 297, 638 ], [ 241, 545 ], [ 165, 437 ], [ 93, 352 ], [ 55, 319 ] ], [ [ 248, 509 ], [ 253, 482 ], [ 272, 451 ], [ 273, 417 ], [ 264, 199 ], [ 248, 70 ], [ 254, 10 ] ], [ [ 411, 520 ], [ 475, 514 ], [ 782, 568 ], [ 847, 562 ] ], [ [ 596, 783 ], [ 617, 769 ], [ 643, 725 ], [ 584, 521 ], [ 542, 414 ], [ 508, 343 ], [ 446, 247 ], [ 361, 160 ], [ 332, 136 ], [ 301, 121 ] ], [ [ 521, 305 ], [ 535, 310 ], [ 584, 308 ], [ 672, 322 ], [ 752, 344 ], [ 808, 343 ] ], [ [ 628, 289 ], [ 651, 265 ], [ 639, 136 ], [ 619, 121 ] ], [ [ 394, 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Q 506 293 513 304 L 524 323 Z", "M 662 299 Q 809 329 814 333 Q 823 340 819 348 Q 812 360 784 368 Q 756 374 726 363 Q 683 350 637 339 Q 585 329 526 324 Q 525 324 524 323 C 494 318 493 318 513 304 Q 549 277 611 291 Q 614 291 620 291 L 662 299 Z", "M 658 114 Q 682 277 682 278 Q 672 290 662 299 C 640 320 613 320 620 291 L 621 290 Q 624 275 613 108 C 611 78 654 84 658 114 Z", "M 613 108 Q 513 98 397 86 Q 376 85 391 67 Q 404 52 423 47 Q 444 41 460 45 Q 592 78 883 78 Q 899 78 917 76 Q 936 76 942 84 Q 948 96 932 110 Q 880 152 842 143 Q 773 130 658 114 L 613 108 Z" ] } 7 strokes 佐 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 310, 791 ], [ 336, 766 ], [ 348, 743 ], [ 297, 638 ], [ 241, 545 ], [ 165, 437 ], [ 93, 352 ], [ 55, 319 ] ], [ [ 248, 509 ], [ 253, 482 ], [ 272, 451 ], [ 273, 417 ], [ 264, 199 ], [ 248, 70 ], [ 254, 10 ] ], [ [ 411, 520 ], [ 475, 514 ], [ 782, 568 ], [ 847, 562 ] ], [ [ 596, 783 ], [ 617, 769 ], [ 643, 725 ], [ 584, 521 ], [ 542, 414 ], [ 508, 343 ], [ 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632 582 Q 653 667 684 720 Q 691 730 684 741 Q 669 762 636 784 Q 617 799 597 797 Q 575 793 588 772 Q 610 735 603 704 Q 585 617 564 548 L 549 503 Q 474 280 309 134 Q 296 127 294 122 Q 290 115 306 115 Q 357 115 470 242 Q 506 293 513 304 L 524 323 Z", "M 662 299 Q 809 329 814 333 Q 823 340 819 348 Q 812 360 784 368 Q 756 374 726 363 Q 683 350 637 339 Q 585 329 526 324 Q 525 324 524 323 C 494 318 493 318 513 304 Q 549 277 611 291 Q 614 291 620 291 L 662 299 Z", "M 658 114 Q 682 277 682 278 Q 672 290 662 299 C 640 320 613 320 620 291 L 621 290 Q 624 275 613 108 C 611 78 654 84 658 114 Z", "M 613 108 Q 513 98 397 86 Q 376 85 391 67 Q 404 52 423 47 Q 444 41 460 45 Q 592 78 883 78 Q 899 78 917 76 Q 936 76 942 84 Q 948 96 932 110 Q 880 152 842 143 Q 773 130 658 114 L 613 108 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text 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