卒

zú

HSK 7-93 readings

“Soldier” in Chinese is 卒 (zú).

Other characters with the syllable zu: see all 7 →

Meaning

soldier
servant
to finish

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to die
finally
at last
pawn in Chinese chess
variant of 卒[zu2]
variant of 猝[cu4]

Example

他不过是个无名小卒而已。

He is just a Mr Nobody.

From 小卒 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

zúvariant of 卒 / soldier / servant / to finish / to die / finally / at last / pawn in Chinese chess
cùvariant of 猝

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Words containing 卒

小卒xiǎozúfoot soldierHSK 7-9

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