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[427/808] Four Versions of 造 “construct”

Origin: Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 告 represents the sound.

Definition:
① construct, build, make, begin
② prepare

Middle Chinese Reading:
/*dzɑu/
Initial - sibilant (齒)
Final - none

Modern Readings:
Mandarin - zào
Japanese - ゾウ zō, つくる tsukuru
Korean - 지을 조 jieul jo
Cantonese - cou3, cou5, zou6
Vietnamese - tháo, tạo, xáo, xạo

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References:
Booklet of the 808 Commonly Used Chinese Characters in China, Japan and the ROK - www.tcs-asia.org/en/data/publications_down.php?idx…
[CN] Trilateral Common Vocabulary Dictionary (3rd Edition) - www.tcs-asia.org/en/data/publications_down.php?idx…
Unihan Database on 造 - www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint…
[CN] Multi-function Chinese Character Database on 造 - humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?…
Chinese Character Wiki on 造 - dong-chinese.com/wiki/%E9%80%A0
Official Readings of Jōyō Kanji - nihongo.monash.edu/jouyoureadings.html
[KR] Naver Hanja Dictionary on 造 - hanja.dict.naver.com/#/entry/ccko/0633e4580fa24469…
Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation’s Nôm Lookup Tool - nomfoundation.org/common/nom_details.php?codepoint…
CJKV Dict on 造 - cjkvdict.com/?search=%E9%80%A0
Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters on 造
[CN] ZDIC on Middle Chinese pronunciation of 造 (post used 王力's [Wang Li's] reconstruction) - www.zdic.net/zd/yy/zgy/%E9%80%A0

Image Sources:
Character versions from ZDIC - www.zdic.net/hans/%E9%80%A0
Evolution chart from 李學勤,2012《字源》,天津:天津古籍出版社,2013年7月2次印刷。 (p. 116-117)

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