浙 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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zhè

Zhejiang province

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 折 represents the sound. Simplified form of 淛.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

折 Sound component

zhé, shé, zhē

break off

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

zhè

Zhejiang province; river

Zhè

abbr. for Zhejiang 浙江 province in east China

Zhè

variant of 浙[Zhè]

Most common words with 浙

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	浙江	Zhejiang province (Chekiang) in east China, abbr. 浙, capital Hangzhou 杭州
	浙江省	Zhejiang Province (Chekiang) in east China, abbr. 浙[Zhè], capital Hangzhou 杭州[Hángzhōu]
	浙	abbr. for Zhejiang 浙江 province in east China
	浙江大学	Zhejiang University
	江浙	abbr. for Jiangsu 江蘇\|江苏[Jiāngsū] and Zhejiang 浙江[Zhèjiāng]