枣 Strokes Write it Listen 枣 zǎo (bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba) HSK 7–9 8 strokes Radical 木 Ideograph 1 word Built from朿cìthorn, sting, prickle; to stab; to assassinate⺀ ice How it worksDates ⺀ falling off a tree 朿.