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柞

zuò / zhà
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 oak (Quercus serrata); sawtooth oak

Characters

柞
zuò
oak

Examples

HSK 4
山上有一片柞树林。
Shānshàng yǒu yípiàn zuò shùlín.
There is a forest of oaks on the mountain.
HSK 7-9
柞蚕靠柞树的叶子养大。
Zuò cán kào zuò shù de yèzi yǎng dà.
Tussah silkworms are raised on oak leaves.

Tips

usage
Read 柞 for the oak tree - 柞树 (oak), 柞蚕 (tussah silkworm, fed on oak). The separate reading 柞 only appears in the place name 柞水.

Components

radical
木 mù
tree; wood
Left is the tree radical 木, marking the character as a kind of tree - here the oak, valued for its hard timber and for feeding silkworms.
phonetic
乍 zhà
suddenly (phonetic)
Right is 乍, purely for sound; it gives the zhà reading directly and the zuò reading by a shift. The same phonetic drives 作 and 炸.

Stroke Order

柞 zuò