棗 (zou2 | zao3) : date (fruit)

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棗

zou2

zao3

date (fruit); jujube

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

棗 / 枣

This word has been viewed 6987 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Jan 2011 09:57

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棗泥 zou2 nai4*2 zao3 ni2 = jujube paste

棗紅色 zou2 hung4 sik1 = plum colored

棗泥月餅 zou2 nai4*2 jyut6 beng2 = date paste moon cakes

棗樹 zou2 syu6 zao3 shu4 = jujube tree; date tree; Zizyphus vulgaris

囫圇吞棗 fat1 leon4 tan1 zou2 hu2 lun2 tun1 zao3 = read without understanding; read or take in information without digesting it

紅棗 hung4 zou2 hong2 zao3 = red date

蜜棗 mat6 zou2 mi4 zao3 = candied date

椰棗 je4 zou2 ye1 (PRC) / ye2 (TW) zao3 = palm date

椰棗樹 je4 zou2 syu6 ye1 (PRC) / ye2 (Taiwan) zao3 shu4 = date palm tree

棗陽 zou2 joeng4 zao3 yang2 = Zaoyang (city in Hubei)
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Decimal representation of this word: 棗
Unicode code for this character: U+68d7 (off-site link)

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