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陬

zōu
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (classical) corner; nook
  2. 2 (classical) foot of a mountain; remote outlying place

Examples

HSK 7-9
古文里陬指偏僻的角落或山脚。
Gǔwén lǐ zōu zhǐ piānpì de jiǎoluò huò shānjiǎo.
In classical writing this character means a remote corner or the foot of a mountain.

Tips

history
陬 is not used as a standalone word in modern Chinese; it appears in classical texts for a remote corner or a mountain's foot, and as the old place name 陬邑 of Confucius's birthplace. It is the left-side mound radical 阝 plus the phonetic 取.
register
Classical only; modern Chinese uses 角落 for a corner and 山脚 for a mountain's foot.

Components

radical
阝 fù
mound; hill (left-side)
阝 on the left is the mound radical, the side form of 阜. It supplies the terrain meaning - a corner of land or the foot of a hill.
phonetic
取 qǔ
to take (phonetic)
取 supplies the sound, drifted from qǔ to zōu. It is a common standalone character meaning to take, reused here only for its reading.

Stroke Order

陬 zōu