Unicode: U+7CDF

Pinyin: zāo

Definition

* 做酒剩下的渣子。 酒~。~粕(亦喻无价值的东西)。~蛋。~糠之妻(指贫穷时共患难的妻子)。 * 腐朽,腐烂。 ~烂。~朽。 * 坏。 事情办~了。~糕。 * 作践,损害。 ~蹋。~践("践"读轻声)

sediment, dregs; pickle

Structure

糟 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

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_7CDF27_E5FD
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 ->
92_F12892_F12992_F12A
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_E59D83_E59E83_E59F83_E5A083_E5A183_E5A283_E5A383_E5A483_E5A583_E5A683_E5A783_E5A883_E5A983_E5AA

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