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(za3) , (ze2) , zhā(zha1) , zhà(zha4) // pronunciations of 咋 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 咋

Unihan definition: question-forming particle, why? how? what?; to bite; loud

Number of strokes: 8
Examples of other characters consisting of 8 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  30.5

HSK level: 6
Other HSK 6 characters: , , , , , , , , , more hsk 6 charaters »

Frequency rank: 2830

General standard index number: 1097

Examples of words containing this character: 咋呼, 咋舌, 不咋地, 百不咋, 叽咋柳莺, 东方叽咋柳莺

English translation (based on CEDICT):

咋[]:
- dialectal equivalent of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5]
咋[]:
- gnaw
咋[zhà]:
- loud noise
- shout
- suddenly

Details

Unicode code point: U+548B

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