Chinese Character 扎 Meanings and components.

Form

扎

Meaning

扎 meaning[3] in English

To Prick.

To Run Or Stick (A Needle Etc) Into.

Jug (A Classifier For Liquids Such As Beer).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 扎 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and component in Chinese … (乚)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QU

How to write 扎

To write扎zha1to prick you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 乚yin3component in … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 乚 = 扎

扎 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

扎
Pinyin:zha1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Prick . To Run Or Stick (A Needle Etc) Into . Jug (A Classifier For Liquids Such As Beer)
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
乚
Pinyin:yin3
Meaning[3]: Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 毫[Hao2] . Archaic Variant Of 乙[Yi3]

Notes

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

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

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