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杂 (zá): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 6

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1.

Animated Stroke Order 杂

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2.

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杂 stroke order diagram

3.

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杂

隹short-tailed bird

杂=

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4.

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5.

How to Use 杂

Common patterns, words, and short phrases that show how 杂 works in context.

Complexity / Intricacy

In these words, 杂 conveys the sense of being complicated, intricate, or having many elements.

复杂 • fù zá • complicated • HSK 4

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6.

HSK Vocabulary: 杂

HSK words that contain this character.

杂志 • zá zhì • magazine

HSK 4

zá杂

zhì

7.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 杂 is used in context

wǒ我

qù去

zá杂

huò货

diàn店

mǎi买

Information

Pinyinzá

Meaningmixed

Strokes6

Radical木

Traditional雜

StructureTop-Bottom

Frequency#879

Zhuyinㄗㄚˊ

UnicodeU+6742

CangjieKSOG

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木tree

+隹short-tailed bird

A tree (木) with diverse elements (隹) mixed together, depicting a messy or varied mixture.

fù复

zá杂

complicated

繁杂 • fán zá • Complicated • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

fán繁

zá杂

Complicated

错综复杂 • cuò zōng fù zá • Complicated / Complex • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

cuò错

zōng综

fù复

zá杂

Complicated / Complex

Mixing / Disorder

In these words, 杂 indicates mixing, blending, or a state of disorder.

嘈杂 • cáo zá • noisy; din • HSK 6

HSK 6

cáo嘈

zá杂

noisy; din

夹杂 • jiā zá • be mixed up with • HSK 6

HSK 6

jiā夹

zá杂

be mixed up with

杂乱无章 • zá luàn wú zhāng • chaotic and disorderly / in a mess • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

zá杂

luàn乱

wú无

zhāng

志

magazine

杂交 • zá jiāo • hybridise; cross breed

HSK 6

zá杂

jiāo交

hybridise; cross breed

杂技 • zá jì • acrobatics

HSK 6

zá杂

jì技

acrobatics

rì日

yòng用

pǐn品

。

I go to the grocery store to buy daily necessities

wǒ我

xǐ喜

huan欢

kàn看

shí时

shàng尚

zá杂

zhì志

。

I like reading fashion magazines

Zhè这

ge个

fáng房

jiān间

lǐ里

de的

dōng东

xi西

tài太

zá杂

le了

，

xū需

yào要

zhěng整

lǐ理

yí一

xià下

。

The things in this room are too mixed up; they need to be organized.

zhè这

ge个

wèn问

tí题

hěn很

fù复

zá杂

。

This problem is very complicated.

章

chaotic and disorderly / in a mess

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