Chinese Character 咋 Meanings and components.

Form

咋

Meaning

咋 meaning[3] in English

Dialectal Equivalent Of 怎麼|怎么[Zen3 Me5].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 咋 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and at first (乍)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with ROS

How to write 咋

To write咋za3dialectal equivalent … you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 乍zha4at first arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 乍 = 咋

咋 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 咋 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 咋, looks as follow:

咋
Pinyin:za3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Dialectal Equivalent Of 怎麼|怎么[Zen3 Me5]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
乍
Pinyin:zha4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: At First . Suddenly . Abruptly . To Spread . (Of Hair) To Stand On End . Bristling

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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