乍

Translingual

Han character

乍 (radical 4 丿+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸 (HS), four-corner 8021₁)

1. first time, for the first time

References

• KangXi: page 82, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 130
• Dae Jaweon: page 165, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 35, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4E4D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

乍 (Yale ja3, jok3)

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Japanese

Kanji

乍

Readings

• On: さく (saku), さ (sa)
• Kun: たちまち (tachimachi), ながら (nagara)

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Korean

Hanja

乍
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 사 (revised: sa, McCune-Reischauer: sa)

• Name (hangeul): 잠깐 (revised: jamkkan, McCune-Reischauer: chamkkan)

1. (for) a short time

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 乍

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Mandarin

Hanzi

乍 (pinyin zhà (zha4), zuò (zuo4), Wade-Giles cha⁴, tso⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

乍 (chạ, sạ, cha, sã)

References

• Nom Foundation