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枣

zǎo

HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character Traditional 棗

枣 (zǎo) means "(bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 枣 means

1. bound formjujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)

Words starting with 枣

• 枣树zǎo shùjujube tree; date tree; Zizyphus vulgaris
• 枣子zǎo zidates; jujube
• 枣泥zǎo níjujube paste
• 枣强县Zǎo qiáng XiànZaoqiang, a county in Hengshui City 衡水市
• 枣疯病zǎo fēng bìngjujube witches' broom…
• 枣庄市Zǎo zhuāng ShìZaozhuang, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山东省
• 枣阳市Zǎo yáng ShìZaoyang, a county-level city in Xiangyang City 襄阳市
• 枣庄Zǎo zhuāngsee 枣庄市
• 枣强Zǎo qiángsee 枣强县
• 枣阳Zǎo yángsee 枣阳市

Words containing 枣

• 红枣hóng zǎojujube; red date
• 酸枣suān zǎosour date (Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa)
• 南枣nán zǎodried jujubes
• 椰枣yē zǎodate palm; date (fruit)
• 海枣hǎi zǎodate palm; date (fruit)
• 蜜枣mì zǎocandied jujube
• 酒枣jiǔ zǎodates in liquor
• 醉枣zuì zǎodates in liquor
• 金枣jīn zǎooval kumquat; Nagami kumquat (Citrus margarita)
• 青枣qīng zǎoblue or green jujube; Chinese green date
• 歪瓜裂枣wāi guā liè zǎougly; repulsive
• 囫囵吞枣hú lún tūn zǎoto swallow in one gulp (idiom); (fig.) to accept without thinking; to lap up
• 打一巴掌，给个甜枣dǎ yī bā zhang , gěi gè tián zǎolit. to give sb a slap, then offer a sweet date (idiom)…
• 大枣dà zǎosee 红枣

Characters that look like 枣

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

• 季jìseason; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers
• 奉fèngto offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem
• 旱hàndrought
• 苹píng(artemisia); duckweed
• 卑bēilow; base; vulgar
• 阜fùabundant; mound

Sounds the same

Read zǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 早early; morning; Good morning!
• 澡bath
• 藻aquatic grasses; elegant
• 蚤flea
• 璪pendant of pearls on coronet
• 薻old variant of 藻

Go deeper

• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zǎo correctly.
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