岝
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Meaning: name of a mountain in Shandong
💡 Mountain (山) plus a sudden (乍) peak: 岝 is a sudden mountain in Shandong.
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Character Story & Explanation
岝 (zuò) is a rare Chinese character that specifically denotes a mountain in Shandong province. Its composition combines the radical 山 (mountain) with phonetic 乍 (zhà), but the original meaning is purely toponymic. Historically, 岝 is used in ancient texts to refer to Mount Zuo, a location in present-day Shandong. Due to its extreme rarity, it appears almost exclusively in geographical or classical contexts.
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