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阼

zuò

Character

What 阼 means

1. steps leading to the eastern door

Characters built on 乍

These share the phonetic component 乍 (zhà), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 昨zuóyesterday
• 祚zuòblessing; the throne
• 酢zuòtoast to host by guest
• 怍zuòashamed
• 胙zuòto grant or bestow; sacrificial flesh offered to the gods (old); blessing

Sounds the same

Read zuò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 做to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
• 坐to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc)
• 作to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 座seat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation
• 唑azole (chemistry)
• 祚blessing; the throne
• 酢toast to host by guest
• 怍ashamed
• 胙to grant or bestow; sacrificial flesh offered to the gods (old); blessing
• 岝name of a mountain in Shandong
• 岞(used in place names); variant of 岝
• 葄straw cushion; pillow