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扎
紮
zā
1. to tie
2. to bind
3. classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle
4. Taiwan pr. <zhá>
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 (19)

扎带
zādài
cable tie
扎染
zārǎn
tie-dyeing
包扎
bāozā
variant of [[包紮|包扎<bāozā>]]
包扎
bāozā
to wrap up
扎囊
Zānáng
Zhanang county, Tibetan: Gra nang rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture [[山南地區|山南地区<Shānnándìqū>]], Tibet
结扎
jiézā
ligation (medicine)
绑扎
bǎngzā
to bind
塔扎
Tǎzā
Taza (a city in northern Morocco)
扎囊县
Zānángxiàn
Zhanang county, Tibetan: Gra nang rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture [[山南地區|山南地区<Shānnándìqū>]], Tibet
扎鲁特
Zālǔtè
Jarud banner or Jarud khoshuu in Tongliao [[通遼|通辽<Tōngliáo>]], Inner Mongolia
扎线带
zāxiàndài
cable ties
莫扎里拉
mòzālǐlā
mozzarella (loanword)
卡尔扎伊
Kǎěrzāyī
Hamid Karzai (1957-), Afghan politician, president from 2004
扎格罗斯
Zāgéluósī
Zagros mountains of southwest Iran
扎尔达里
Zāěrdálǐ
Asif Ali Zardari (1956-), Pakistani People's Party politician, widower of murdered Benazir Bhutto, president of Pakistan from 2008
扎鲁特旗
Zālǔtèqí
Jarud banner or Jarud khoshuu in Tongliao [[通遼|通辽<Tōngliáo>]], Inner Mongolia
扎欧扎翁
Zāōuzāwēng
name of village in Nyima county, Nagchu prefecture, Tibet
扎马剌丁
Zāmǎládīng
Jamal al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Najjari (13th century), famous Persian astronomer and scholar who served Khubilai Khan [[忽必烈]] from c. 1260
扎马鲁丁
Zāmǎlǔdīng
see [[紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁<Zāmǎládīng>]]

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
zhá
penetrating (as of cold) / struggle
HSK 6
扎
zā
variant of [[紮|扎<zā>]]
HSK 6
扎
zhā
variant of [[紮|扎<zhā>]]
HSK 6

Metadata

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