枣

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(bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba)

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Dates ⺀ falling off a tree 朿

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jujube · Heisig RSH #1694

thorn + ice

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
打一巴掌，给个甜枣	dǎ yī bā zhang , gěi gè tián zǎo	lit. to give sb a slap, then offer a sweet date (idiom); fig. to deal harshly with sb, the…
枣阳市	Zǎo yáng Shì	Zaoyang, a county-level city in Xiangyang City 襄陽市\|襄阳市[Xiang1 yang2 Shi4], Hubei
枣强县	Zǎo qiáng Xiàn	Zaoqiang, a county in Hengshui City 衡水市[Heng2 shui3 Shi4], Hebei
枣子	zǎo zi	dates; jujube
大枣	dà zǎo	see 紅棗\|红枣[hong2 zao3]
海枣	hǎi zǎo	date palm; date (fruit)
金枣	jīn zǎo	oval kumquat; Nagami kumquat (Citrus margarita)
枣庄市	Zǎo zhuāng Shì	Zaozhuang, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省\|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]
南枣	nán zǎo	dried jujubes
红枣	hóng zǎo	jujube; red date
枣阳	Zǎo yáng	see 棗陽市\|枣阳市[Zao3 yang2 Shi4]
酒枣	jiǔ zǎo	dates in liquor
青枣	qīng zǎo	blue or green jujube; Chinese green date
酸枣	suān zǎo	sour date (Ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa)
枣树	zǎo shù	jujube tree; date tree; Zizyphus vulgaris; CL:棵[ke1]
枣强	Zǎo qiáng	see 棗強縣\|枣强县[Zao3 qiang2 Xian4]
歪瓜裂枣	wāi guā liè zǎo	ugly; repulsive
枣疯病	zǎo fēng bìng	jujube witches' broom (infectious plant disease of jujube trees caused by Candidatus Phyto…
枣泥	zǎo ní	jujube paste
枣庄	Zǎo zhuāng	see 棗莊市\|枣庄市[Zao3 zhuang1 Shi4]