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miscellaneous

HSK 10 N2
ザツ、ゾウ
まじ.える、まじ.る
Phonosemantic compound. 衣 represents the meaning and 集 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (雜)
clothing+ gather =
miscellaneous
Meaning component
clothing
clothes, clothing
Phonetic component
gather
assemble, collect together
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Simplified (杂)
nine+ tree =
mixed, various
Simplified component
jiǔ nine
Shorthand for the 衣 component in the traditional character 雜.
Simplified component
tree
Shorthand for the 集 component in the traditional character 雜.
Japanese (雑)
vertebra+ nine =
miscellaneous
vertebra
nine
Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [zá]
mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix
Japanese
ざつ 同音
  1. adj-na rough; crude; sloppy; messy
  2. n-prefadj-nonoun miscellaneous
ぞう 同音
noun miscellany (classification of Japanese poetry unrelated to the seasons or to love)
Korean
[雜]
Affix
jap-; A prefix used to mean "several things being mixed" or "small, trivial, and thus insignificant."; jap-; A prefix used to mean "speaking or behaving rudely and violently" or "wild and not good."
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
さいさき
Saisaki surname