zuò

meat offered in sacrifice to one's ancestors

Components
⺼ meaning component

  Meaning component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

meat

乍 sound component

  Sound component

zhà

  

suddenly

Evolution

胙 Bronze script Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)

Bronze script

Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
胙 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
胙 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
胙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
胙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zuò

meat offered in sacrifice to one's ancestors; to grant or bestow; sacrificial flesh offered to the gods (old); blessing; title of a sovereign (old)

Component uses

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