阼

阼 · zuò

the steps leading to the eastern door

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zuò
Cantonese
zou6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

the steps leading to the eastern door

Dictionary definitions & readings

阼 zuò · steps leading to the eastern door

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
64121.060:zuò Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1554.020:zuò Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
497.030:zuò Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zuò粵zou6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
サク ザク ソ ゾ きざはし Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
昨誤 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
NLHS Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7821.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1348.010 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
369.29 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0806j Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+963C
Radical
阜 · 170
Strokes
7
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6634

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

7 strokes
阼
Strokes
7
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

7 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
dzuH · 昨誤 · 遇開一去模從 · #2351

PHONO-ML, source line 13504; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1415.501
kDaeJaweon
1849.130
kGSR
0806j
kHanYu
64121.060
kIRGDaeJaweon
1849.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
64121.060
kIRGKangXi
1348.010
kKangXi
1348.010
kMatthews
6777
kMeyerWempe
3412c
kMorohashi
41594
kNelson
4981
kSBGY
369.29
kSMSZD2003Index
749.19
kCangjie
NLHS
kFourCornerCode
7821.1
kMojiJoho
MJ027559
kPhonetic
10
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-5A68
kIRG_HSource
HB2-CDDA
kIRG_JSource
J14-7B62
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-82FF
kIRG_KSource
K2-6B5C
kIRG_TSource
T2-287A
kRSUnicode
170.5
kTotalStrokes
7
kBigFive
CDDA
kCCCII
234A32
kCNS1986
2-287A
kCNS1992
2-287A
kEACC
234A32
kGB0
5872
kGB1
5872
kJIS0213
2,91,66
kJis1
7049
kMainlandTelegraph
7092
kTGH
2013:6634
kTaiwanTelegraph
7092
kXerox
307:306
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18891+170.3.5
kCantonese
zou6
kDefinition
the steps leading to the eastern door
kFanqie
昨誤
kHanyuPinyin
64121.060:zuò
kJapanese
サク ザク ソ ゾ きざはし
kJapaneseKun
KIZAHASHI
kJapaneseOn
SO ZO SAKU ZAKU
kKorean
CO
kMandarin
zuò
kSMSZD2003Readings
zuò粵zou6
kTGHZ2013
497.030:zuò
kXHC1983
1554.020:zuò

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 阼0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
阝 beside 乍 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰阝乍$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰阝乍$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.