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zuò to grant or bestow; sacrificial flesh offered to the gods (old); blessing; title of a sovereign (old)

Etymology phono-semantic

meat

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Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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