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騶

简驺 · 繁騶

Mandarin · pinyin zōu#

groom or chariot driver employed by a noble (old)

Mandarin · pinyin Zōu#

surname Zou

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騶: Look up this written character
驺: zōu · mounted escort; groom

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1 · zou1

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zau1

Cantonese word readings for 騶. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

stablemaster; groom; coach driver
cavalry escort
used in 騶虞／驺虞 (zōuyú, “zouyu”)
a surname

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(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 驟 /骤 (zhòu, “to gallop; to run”)

character

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 趨 /趋 (qū, “to run; to walk quickly”)

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