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扎
zhá
1. penetrating (as of cold)
2. struggle
HSK 6 Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

扎
zhā
to bind, to wrap; to pierce; to stop
HSK 6 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

驻扎
zhùzhā
to station
HSK 6
板扎
bǎnzhā
(dialect) awesome
洛扎
Luòzhā
Lhozhag county, Tibetan: Lho brag rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture [[山南地區|山南地区<Shānnándìqū>]], Tibet
扎扎
zhāzhā
(onom.) crunch (of marching feet etc)
扎根
zhāgēn
to take root
扎款
zhākuǎn
to obtain money
尖扎
Jiānzhā
Jianzha county in Huangnan Tibetan autonomous prefecture [[黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州<HuángnánZàngzúzìzhìzhōu>]], Qinghai
扎眼
zhāyǎn
garish
扎穿
zhāchuān
to prick
巴扎
bāzhā
bazaar (loanword)
扎针
zhāzhēn
to give or have an acupuncture treatment
挣扎
zhēngzhá
to struggle
HSK 6
申扎
Shēnzhā
Xainza county, Tibetan: Shan rtsa rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture [[那曲地區|那曲地区<Nàqǔdìqū>]], central Tibet
针扎
zhēnzhā
pincushion
扎实
zháshi
see [[扎實|扎实<zhāshi>]]
HSK 6
扎寨
zhāzhài
to set up an encampment
扎住
zhāzhù
to stop
扎营
zhāyíng
to camp
扎啤
zhāpí
draught beer
扎堆
zhāduī
to gather together

Alternate Entries

扎
zhā
to prick / to run or stick (a needle etc) into / jug (a classifier for liquids such as beer)
HSK 6
扎
zā
variant of [[紮|扎<zā>]]
HSK 6
扎
zhā
variant of [[紮|扎<zhā>]]
HSK 6
扎
zā
to tie / to bind / classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle / Taiwan pr. <zhá>
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,410
Word Frequency Rank
1,578 of 84,292