zhào

oar

Evolution

櫂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

zhào

oar, scull, paddle; row

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zhào

oar (archaic); scull; paddle; to row; a boat

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lˤrewk-s

draewH

zhào

oar


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6328th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

18

Unicode

U+6AC2

Shuowen

《說文新附》:“櫂,所以進船也。从木,翟聲。或从卓。《史記》通用濯。”


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