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乍
zhà
1. at first
2. suddenly
3. abruptly
4. to spread
5. (of hair) to stand on end
6. bristling
Common • Top 20% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

乍
zhà
first time, for the first time, suddenly
5 丶

Compound Words (10)

乍得
Zhàdé
Chad
乍浦
Zhàpǔ
Zhapu town and port on north of Hangzhou Bay [[杭州灣|杭州湾]] in Zhejiang
乍看
zhàkàn
at first glance
猛乍
měngzhà
suddenly
乍得湖
ZhàdéHú
Lake Chad
乍浦镇
Zhàpǔzhèn
Zhapu town and port on north of Hangzhou Bay [[杭州灣|杭州湾]] in Zhejiang
一惊一乍
yījīngyīzhà
frightened
初来乍到
chūláizhàdào
to be a newcomer
新来乍到
xīnláizhàdào
newly arrived (idiom)
春光乍泄
chūnguāngzhàxiè
spring sunshine emerges to bring the world alive (idiom)

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Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,913
Word Frequency Rank
16,963 of 84,292

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