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枣 zǎo date tree

date tree; dates; jujubes; jujube; Chinese date

How to remember 枣: 朿 thorn + ⺀ ice = date tree. Grandpa pricks his finger on a thorn reaching for the red fruit, while frost like ice still sparkles on the branches of his date tree.

  • HSK 8
  • 8 strokes
  • Radical 木

Component breakdown

枣 = 朿 thorn + ⺀ ice

  • 朿 thorn
  • ⺀ ice
The Gushi story

Grandpa pricks his finger on a thorn reaching for the red fruit, while frost like ice still sparkles on the branches of his date tree.

How it is used

  • The jujube / Chinese red date - 红枣 (hóngzǎo) red dates, 枣树 (zǎoshù) date tree.
  • 囫囵吞枣 (húlún-tūnzǎo), to swallow a date whole, means to take in information without digesting it - reading/learning uncritically.