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菹

zū
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (archaic) pickled or salted vegetables
  2. 2 (archaic) marshland; a reedy swamp

Examples

礼记里提到祭品中有菹。
Lǐjì lǐ tídào jìpǐn zhōng yǒu zū.
The Book of Rites mentions pickled vegetables among the ritual offerings.

Tips

history
菹 is archaic and not used independently in modern Chinese. Its 'pickled vegetable' sense is now 腌菜; the rarer 'marshland' sense is now 沼泽. It also named a gruesome ancient punishment, mincing the body (菹醢).
register
Classical only — ritual and historical texts, not modern speech.

Components

radical
艹 cǎo
grass; plant
艹 is the grass radical 草 in top form, fitting both senses — pickled greens and a reed-grown marsh.
phonetic
沮 jǔ
to dampen; marshy
沮 gives the sound (drifted to zū) and, with its water element, faintly reinforces the wet 'marsh' and 'brine-pickled' senses.

Stroke Order

菹 zū