zhā
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (classical) a red, bumpy nose; rosacea of the nose

Examples

Chángnián yǐnjiǔ ràng tā dé le jiǔzhābí.
Years of drinking gave him a red, bumpy nose.

Tips

history
Not used alone in modern Chinese; it survives in the term 酒齇鼻 (a brandy nose — the red, swollen nose of rosacea). The top is the nose radical , which fixes the meaning to the nose.
register
Literary and medical; everyday Chinese says 红鼻子 or uses the modern medical name.

Components

radical
nose
The nose radical occupies the whole left and top. It pins the meaning firmly to the nose — here a nose reddened and roughened by rosacea.
phonetic
cuó
phonetic (zhā series)
On the right, supplies the sound. Its old reading yields the zhā pronunciation; it carries no independent meaning in this character.

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Stroke Order

zhā