Unicode: U+7AC8

Pinyin: zào

Definition

* 用磚石砌成的生火做飯的設備。 鍋~。爐~。~突(灶上的煙筒)。 * 指"灶君"(中國民間在鍋灶附近供的神) 祭~。 * 燒煉或鍛造的設備。 * 通"造"。①建造。②祭名

furnace; kitchen stove

Structure

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Related substructures

Precursors

Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
71_E82171_E81F71_E820
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_E63227_E633
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
71_E82171_E81F71_E82092_F36592_F36692_F36792_F368
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 ->
83_E84583_E84683_E84783_E848

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC