粽
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rice dumplings wrapped in leaves
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 米 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 粽
- Common rank
- #4,702
- Unicode
- U+7CBD
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 粽
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粽子 | glutinous rice and choice of filling wrapped in leaves and steamed or boiled | |
| 粽叶 | leaf (usually bamboo or reed leaf) used to wrap sticky rice dumplings 粽子[zong4 zi5] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 宗 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宗 sound part | ancestry, clan, family, lineage; religion, sect | |
| 棕 | hemp palm; palm tree | |
| 综 | to sum up; to arrange threads for weaving | |
| 崇 | high, dignified; to esteem, to honor | |
| 踪 | footprints, traces, tracks | |
| 鬃 | mane; neck bristles | |
| 琮 | an octagonal jade ornament | |
| 淙 | the sound of water gurgling | |
| 腙 | an organic compound |