zào HSK7

tense

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
foot
Sound component
zào, sào, qiāo chirping of birds

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsaːws
Unicodetzɑ̀u

Sources

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