粽 (zung2 zung3 | zong4) : glutinous rice dumpling

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粽

zung2 zung3

zong4

glutinous rice dumpling - usu pyramid-shaped and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves, eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival

1. 粽 used to be a variant form of 糉 but has now surpassed the latter in popularity.
2. Jyutping zung2 used to be a variant reading of zung3 but has now surpassed the latter in popularity.

Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: 米 (#119)

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

粽

This word has been viewed 10289 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Dec 2013 09:58

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粽子 zung3 zi2 zong4 zi5 = sticky rice dumpling 國

鹹肉粽 haam4 juk6 zung3*2 = salted pork dumpling 粵

鹼水粽 gaan2 seoi2 zung3*2 jian3 shui3 zong4 = Kee Chang, alkaline dumpling

裹蒸粽 gwo2 zing1 zung3*2 = glutinous rice dumpling wrapped in lotus leaves 粵

梘水粽 gaan2 seoi2 zung3*2 jian3 shui3 zong4 = leaf wrapped glutinous rice dumpling boiled in lye water without a stuffing 粵

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四月尾忽然間落場大雪，真係「未食五月粽，寒衣唔入籠」！粵
It suddenly snowed during the end of April. "Until it's time to eat Dragon Boat Festival's dumplings, don't put away your warm clothes," as they say!
[未食五月粽寒衣唔入籠 is a Cantonese saying. There are variations used by Mandarin and other dialects.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 粽
Unicode code for this character: U+7cbd (off-site link)

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