Chinese Character Profile for æ©

Chinese Character Profile for æâ€" © æâ€" © (zÇŽo) means early in Chinese. It is often used in morning greetings. Both  Ã¦â€" ©Ã¥ ®â€° (zÇŽo Ä n) and  Ã¦â€" ©Ã¤ ¸Å Ã¥ ¥ ½ (zÇŽo shang hÇŽo) mean good morning. In Cantonese-speaking areas, æâ€" ©Ã¦â„¢ ¨ (zÇŽo chen) is how people say good morning. Sometimes, just a quick  Ã¦â€" © is a colloquial way of saying good morning. Other Chinese words or phrases that include the character æâ€" © usually have to do with the morning or being early. For example,  Ã¦â€" ©Ã© ¥ ­ (zÇŽo fn) or  Ã¦â€" ©Ã© ¤  ( zÇŽo cÄ n) both mean breakfast.æâ€" ©Ã¨ ¡ ° (zÇŽoshuÄ i) and  Ã¦â€" ©Ã¤ º § (zÇŽo chÇŽn) mean premature aging and premature birth respectively.   Radicals The Chinese character æâ€" © (zÇŽo) is made of two components. The top element is æâ€" ¥ (r à ¬), which on its own is the character for sun. But æâ€" ¥Ã‚  is also a radical, called the sun radical or also identified as radical #72. The lower element of the character is  Ã¥  . This looks like the ​modern Chinese character for the number 10,  Ã¥   (s hà ­), but that is not what this element is alluding to. Character Breakdown The symbol Ã¥   is an old form of ç” ² (jiÇŽ). Now,  Ã§â€ ² means â€Å"first† or â€Å"armor.† Thus, æâ€" © is a pictogram of the sun rising over a soldier’s helmet.  Therefore another way of interpreting æâ€" © (zÇŽo) is â€Å"the first sun.†Ã‚   Pronunciation æâ€" © (zÇŽo) is pronounced in the third tone, which is often described as the falling-rising tone. When you pronounce the syllable, make the pitch go down low and then bring it back up high. Mandarin Vocabulary with ZÇŽo Pinyin Characters Meaning ZÇŽo Ä n æâ€" ©Ã¥ ®â€° good morning ZÇŽo fn æâ€" ©Ã© £ ¯ breakfast ZÇŽo shang æâ€" ©Ã¤ ¸Å  early morning ZÇŽo xiÄ n æâ€" ©Ã¥â€¦Ë† previously; before ZÇŽo yÇ  æâ€" ©Ã¥ · ² long ago; for a long time