Chinese Character Wiki
乍

zhà

suddenly

Original meaning: 

cut wood

Pictograph of a blade for cutting trees. Original form of 柞. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Evolution

乍 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
乍 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
乍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
乍 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
乍 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

乍  

zhà

first time, for the first time; at first; suddenly; abruptly; to spread; (of hair) to stand on end; bristling

Most common words with 乍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

乍

at first

初来乍到

to be a newcomer

乍得

Chad

乍看

at first glance

乍浦

Zhapu town and port on north of Hangzhou Bay 杭州灣|杭州湾 in Zhejiang

Component uses

Sound component in 21 characters (6 verified)

作 怎 炸 昨 窄 柞 詐 诈 咋 蚱 酢 祚 笮 胙 舴 怍 砟 迮 阼 痄 苲

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[dz]ˤrak-s

dzraeH

zhà

suddenly


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2914th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+4E4D

Shuowen

“乍，止也。一曰亡也。从亡，从一。”


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