躁
zào HSK7

tense

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 喿 represents the sound.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
喿
喿 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