扎

扎 U+624E, 扎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-624E ← 才 [U+624D] CJK Unified Ideographs 扏 → [U+624F]

See also: 紮

Translingual

Han character

扎(radical 64 手+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 手山 (QU) or X手山 (XQU), four-corner 5201₀, composition ⿰扌乚)

1. pull up
2. pierce
3. struggle free

References

• KangXi: page 417, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11771
• Dae Jaweon: page 763, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1825, character 3
• Unihan data for U+624E

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Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		扎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhā, zhá, zhǎ (zha¹, zha², zha³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚ, ㄓㄚˊ, ㄓㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaat³, zaap³
• Min Nan (POJ): chat / chah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚ
    • Wade-Giles: cha¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ja
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂa̠⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhá
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˊ
    • Wade-Giles: cha²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jar
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂa̠³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚˇ
    • Wade-Giles: cha³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaa
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂa̠²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaat³, zaap³
    • Yale: jaat, jaap
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaat⁸, dzaap⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zad³, zab³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑːt̚³/, /t͡sɑːp̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chat
    • Tâi-lô: tsat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sat̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chah
    • Tâi-lô: tsah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡saʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡saʔ³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡saʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saʔ³²/

Note:

• chat - literary;
• chah - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ʃˠɛt̚/▼

Rime
Character	扎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	鎋 (75)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	側八切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃˠɛt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂᵚæt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂəɨt̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃɛt̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃæt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂat̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zha

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*sqriːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	扎
Reading #	1/1
No.	14911
Phonetic component	乙
Rime group	質
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	札
Old Chinese	/*sqriːd/
Notes	札分化字，注出家語而今本爲札

Definitions

扎

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Compounds

• 一扎腳／一扎脚
• 刀割針扎／刀割针扎
• 匾扎
• 半扎
• 垂死掙扎／垂死挣扎
• 安扎
• 扎乎
• 扎住
• 扎嘴
• 扎堆 (zhāduī)
• 扎墊／扎垫
• 扎實／扎实 (zhāshi)
• 扎心 (zhāxīn)
• 扎手 (zhāshǒu)
• 扎手舞腳／扎手舞脚

• 扎括
• 扎掂
• 扎掙／扎挣
• 扎撒
• 扎根 (zhāgēn)
• 扎槍／扎枪
• 扎煞
• 扎猛子 (zhāměngzi)
• 扎眉扎眼
• 扎眼
• 扎空槍／扎空枪
• 扎窩子／扎窝子
• 扎筏子
• 扎縛／扎缚

• 扎罰子／扎罚子
• 扎耳朵
• 扎腦門兒／扎脑门儿
• 扎腳／扎脚
• 扎花
• 扎草
• 扎針／扎针 (zházhēn)
• 抄扎
• 拽扎
• 掙扎／挣扎 (zhēngzhá)
• 眼扎毛
• 瞎扎呼
• 立扎
• 點扎／点扎

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 扎 – see 紮. (This character, 扎, is the simplified form of 紮.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji

扎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: さつ (satsu), あつ (atsu)
• Kun: ぬく (nuku), かまえる (kamaeru)

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Korean

Hanja

扎 • (chal) (hangeul 찰, revised chal, McCune-Reischauer ch'al, Yale chal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: trát

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