扎 - zhā - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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4 strokes
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扎

zhā

Definition

to prick
to run or stick (a needle etc) into
jug (a classifier for liquids such as beer)

Other pronunciations

zhá

penetrating (as of cold)
struggle

Character Decomposition

Related words (19)

扎住

zhā zhù

to stop; Taiwan pr. [zha3 zhu4]

draught beer

to gather together

solid; sturdy; strong; sound; firm; down-to-earth; practical

扎扎

zhā zhā

(onom.) crunch (of marching feet etc)

to take root

to obtain money; to earn money (slang)

扎眼

zhā yǎn

garish; dazzling; offensively conspicuous

扎穿

zhā chuān

to prick; to puncture

扎針

zhā zhēn

to give or have an acupuncture treatment

扎猛子

zhā měng zi

to swim with head submerged

solid progress

firm; solid; reliable; real; practical

bazaar (loanword)

(dialect) awesome; excellent

硬扎

yìng zhā

strong; sturdy; awesome

pincushion

thick; dense

to go steady and strike hard (in fighting); (fig.) steadily and surely

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