咋
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dialectal equivalent of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5]; Taiwan pr. [ze2]
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,369 U+548B
How 咋 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 乍 (phonetic, zhà)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 乍
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 乍 (zhà) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乍 sound component | zhà | first time, for the first time, suddenly |
| 诈 | zhà | to cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous |
| 怎 | zěn | what? why? how? |
| 窄 | zhǎi | narrow, tight; narrow-minded |
| 蚱 | zhà | grasshopper; locust, cicada |
| 昨 | zuó | yesterday; formerly, in the past |
| 柞 | zuò | beech, oak; evergreen; to clear away trees |
| 酢 | zuò | a toast to the host |
| 怍 | zuò | ashamed |
| 祚 | zuò | throne; happiness, blessings |
| 舴 | zé | dinghy, small boat |
| 苲 | zhǎ | hornwort |
| 迮 | zé | to press; hasty; cramped |
| 痄 | zhà | scrofulous swellings or lumps |
| 砟 | zhǎ | stone tablet; monument |
| 笮 | zé | boards that support roof tiles |
| 胙 | zuò | meat offered in sacrifice to one's ancestors |
| 阼 | zuò | the steps leading to the eastern door |
Words containing 咋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不咋地 | bù zǎ de | (dialect) not that great; not up to much; nothing special |
| 不咋的 | bù zǎ de | (dialect) not that great; not up to much; nothing special |
| 东方叽咋柳莺 | dōng fāng jī zǎ liǔ yīng | (bird species of China) mountain chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus) |
| 叽咋柳莺 | jī zǎ liǔ yīng | (bird species of China) common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) |
| 咋呼 | zhā hu | bluster; ruckus; to boast loudly |
| 咋舌 | zé shé | (literary) to be speechless |