Chinese Character Wiki
帀

zā

to go round

Origin unclear. Possibly depicts the roots of a plant.

Evolution

帀 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
帀 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
帀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
帀 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
帀 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

帀  

zā

to go round, to make a circuit, to make a revolution, to turn round

匝 (帀) 

zā

variant of 匝[zā]

Most common words with 帀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

匝

circuit

匝道

freeway ramp

密密匝匝

thick

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

师 師

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ts]ˤ[ə]p

tsop

zā

a round, a circle


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4170th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+5E00

Shuowen

“帀，周也。从反之而帀也。”


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