枣 (zǎo): (bound form) jujube, Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)
枣 (zǎo) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) jujube.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 朿 (structural) and ⺀ (structural). It ranks #2666 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 枣 dates ⺀ falling off a tree 朿. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- (bound form) jujube
- Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)
Etymology & Origin
ideographicDates ⺀ falling off a tree 朿
Decomposition: ⿱朿⺀ (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 枣子 | zǎo zi | dates |
| 椰枣 | yē zǎo | date palm |
| 枣树 | zǎo shù | jujube tree |
| 囫囵吞枣 | hú lún tūn zǎo | to swallow in one gulp (idiom) |
| 打一巴掌，给个甜枣 | dǎ yī bā zhang , gěi gè tián zǎo | lit. to give sb a slap, then offer a sweet date (idiom) |
| 枣阳市 | zǎo yáng shì | Zaoyang, a county-level city in Xiangyang City 襄陽市|襄阳市[Xiang1 yang2 Shi4], Hubei |
| 大枣 | dà zǎo | see 紅棗|红枣[hong2 zao3] |
| 枣庄市 | zǎo zhuāng shì | Zaozhuang, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3] |
| 枣强县 | zǎo qiáng xiàn | Zaoqiang, a county in Hengshui City 衡水市[Heng2 shui3 Shi4], Hebei |
| 海枣 | hǎi zǎo | date palm |
| 金枣 | jīn zǎo | oval kumquat |
| 枣强 | zǎo qiáng | see 棗強縣|枣强县[Zao3 qiang2 Xian4] |
| 南枣 | nán zǎo | dried jujubes |
| 红枣 | hóng zǎo | jujube |
| 青枣 | qīng zǎo | blue or green jujube |
枣 appears in 24 compound words: 38 as the first character, 63 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 枣 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
春天来了，院子里的枣木开始发芽抽枝。
chūn tiān lái le , yuàn zǐ lǐ de zǎo mù kāi shǐ fā yá chōu zhī .
Spring has arrived, and the jujube tree in the yard has begun to sprout and branch out.
老年人子宫下垂的治疗有哪些?多吃山药红枣健脾益气吗
lǎo nián rén zǐ gōng xià chuí de zhì liáo yǒu nǎ xiē ? duō chī shān yào hóng zǎo jiàn pí yì qì ma
What are the treatments for uterine ptosis in the elderly? Eat more yam and red dates to strengthen the spleen and qi
Character Family
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