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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *做* | 做* | *做
to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)
HSK 1
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  *左* | 左* | *左
left / the Left (politics) / east / unorthodox / queer / wrong / differing / opposite / variant of
HSK 1
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  *坐* | 坐* | *坐
to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of
HSK 1
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  *座* | 座* | *座
seat / base; stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
HSK 2
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  *作* | 作* | *作
to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works
HSK 6
Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明 / usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传
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  *作* | 作* | *作
(bound form) worker / (bound form) workshop / (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼, Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼, Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传, Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传, Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传, The Analects 論語|论语, Erya 爾雅|尔雅, Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经, Mencius 孟子
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *佐* | 佐* | *佐
to assist / assistant / aide / to accompany
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  *左* | 左* | *左
surname Zuo
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  *唑* | 唑* | *唑
azole (chemistry)
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  *坐* | 坐* | *坐
surname Zuo
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  *怍* | 怍* | *怍
ashamed
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  *葄* | 葄* | *葄
straw cushion / pillow
Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋, early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明
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  *祚* | 祚* | *祚
blessing / the throne
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  *琢* | 琢* | *琢
used in 琢磨 / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]
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  *昨* | 昨* | *昨
yesterday
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  *柞* | 柞* | *柞
oak / Quercus serrata
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  *咗* | 咗* | *咗
Cantonese particle equivalent to or 過|过
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  *嘬* | 嘬* | *嘬
(coll.) to suck
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  *岝* | 岝* | *岝
name of a mountain in Shandong
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  *捽* | 捽* | *捽
to seize / Taiwan pr. [zu2]
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  *胙* | 胙* | *胙
to grant or bestow / sacrificial flesh offered to the gods (old) / blessing / title of a sovereign (old)
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  *阼* | 阼* | *阼
steps leading to the eastern door
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  *酢* | 酢* | *酢
toast to host by guest
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  *筰* | 筰* | *筰
cable
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  *椊* | 椊* | *椊
to fit a handle into a socket / a plug or cork
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  *撮* | 撮* | *撮
classifier for hair or grass: tuft / Taiwan pr. [cuo4]
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  *岞* | 岞* | *岞
(used in place names) / variant of
Zuo Qiuming or Zuoqiu Ming (556-451), famous blind historian from Lu 魯國|鲁国 to whom the history Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传 is attributed
the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德, one's service 立功 and one's writings 立言 (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传)
Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明 / usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传
Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋, including Mr Gongyang's annals 公羊傳|公羊传, Mr Guliang's annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传 and Mr Zuo's annals or Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传
Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader
Zuo Si (3rd century), Jin dynasty writer and poet


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