Radical:

meaning for zāo:

  • - dregs
  • - draff
  • - pickled in wine
  • - rotten
  • - messy
  • - ruinedtoo bad
  • - how terrible
  • - what bad luck
  • - terrible
  • - badto waste
  • - to defile
  • - to abuse
  • - to insult
  • - to defile
  • - to trample on
  • - to wreck
  • - also pr. [zao1 ta5]everything in disorder (idiom)
  • - in a hideous mess
  • - at sixes and sevensdross
  • - dregs
  • - rubbish
  • - fig. useless residuechaotic
  • - topsy turvy
  • - a complete mess