Character: 佐
Modern (Beijing) reading: zuǒ
Preclassic Old Chinese: cājʔs
Classic Old Chinese: cājh
Western Han Chinese: cājh
Eastern Han Chinese: cǟh
Early Postclassic Chinese: cǟ̀
Middle Postclassic Chinese: cǟ̀
Late Postclassic Chinese: cǟ̀
Middle Chinese: cầ
English meaning : to help, assist, aid
Russian meaning[s]: 1) помогать; помощник; вспомогательный; 2) употребляется при обозначении старших офицерских чинов в японской и других иностранных армиях
Comments: Morphologically derived from 左 *cājʔ q.v. (but semantically "assist" seems to be the original meaning).
Radical: 9
Four-angle index: 105
Karlgren code: 0005 e
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