zōu

mounted escort

Components
马 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

horse

horse

刍 sound component

  Sound component

chú

  

mow, cut grass

Evolution

驺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
驺 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
驺 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
驺 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

zōu

mounted escort; groom; groom or chariot driver employed by a noble (old)

() 

Zōu

surname Zou

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5979th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

Unicode

U+9A7A


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