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藻
Mandarin · pinyin zǎo
Meanings
- aquatic grasses
- elegant
Characters in this entry
- 藻
- zǎo · splendid, magnificent; algae
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Mandarin tones
3 · zao3
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Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.
Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 6 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zou2
Cantonese word readings for 藻. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- algae
- other aquatic plants
- (literary) literary embellishment
- (literary) splendid, magnificent
- (literary) rhetoric
- a surname
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