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匝

zā

Character

What 匝 means

1. literaryto encircle; to go around; to surround
2. literarywhole; full
3. literaryclassifier for a full circuit or a turn of a coil

Other readings

匝 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zāvariant of {匝|zā}

Words starting with 匝

• 匝月zā yuè(formal) a full month
• 匝道zā dàofreeway ramp
• 匝加利亚Zā jiā lì yà(Catholicism) Zechariah

Words containing 匝

• 安匝ān zāampere-turn (unit of magnetomotive force)
• 拉匝禄Lā zā lùLazarus (Catholic transliteration)
• 纳匝肋Nà zā lèiNazareth
• 密密匝匝mì mi zā zāthick; concentrated; dense
• 缜匝zhěn zādense; fine (texture)

Characters that look like 匝

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need…
• 因yīncause; reason; because
• 臣chénstate official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant…
• 匠jiàngcraftsman
• 氖nǎineon (chemistry)
• 叵pǒnot; thereupon

Sounds the same

Read zā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 咂to sip; to smack one's lips; to taste
• 扎to tie; to bind; classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle
• 拶(literary) to force; to coerce
• 臜used in 腌臜; Taiwan pr. zāng