造 · zào
construct, build, make, begin; prepare
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
construct, build, make, begin; prepare
- Mandarin
- zào
- Cantonese
- zou6
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 造 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Source record & scope
Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property
ゾウ ソウ つくる いたる なる はじめる みやつこKorean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 조
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+9020
- Radical
- 辵 · 162
- Strokes
- 10 · Unihan
- Residual
- 7
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
10 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 造
Character connections
1 catalogue records include this shape in their first retained IDS. Graphical containment does not imply shared etymology.
Component roles · attributed
- 告 sound component · CJKVI analysis
Source analysis · 告聲
Line 5001 · ⿺辶告 · 告聲 · source reference 0330230
# 【字通】→艁
Source analyses, kept separate from modern IDS. CJKVI labels are not individually verified historical conclusions. Evidence & limits ↗
History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant property is retained for this record.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- dzawX · 昨早 反切 · #1723
- Middle Chinese
- tshawH · 七到 反切 · #2813
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 11282 · dzawX = 效開一上豪從 · tshawH = 效開一去豪清
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- zào
- kCantonese
- zou6
- kDefinition
- construct, build, make, begin; prepare
- kTotalStrokes
- 10
- kRSUnicode
- 162.7
- kGradeLevel
- 1
- kTGH
- 2013:1940
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- zào,cào,cāo 63841.060
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- zào 1443.040
- Tongyong Guifan · 2013
- zào 459.110
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- zào(1377)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- zào粵zou6 zào,cào粵cou3
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 昨早 七到
- Kangxi positions
- 1258.120
- Guangyun positions
- 302.52 418.11
- GSR references
- 1051a
- Cangjie
- YHGR
- Four-corner
- 3430.6