Unicode: U+7682

Pinyin: zào

Definition

* 黑色。 ~靴。不分~白(喻不问是非)。 * 差役。 ~隶(古代贱役,后专以称衙门里的差役)

soap; black; menial servant

Structure

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Precursors

Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC