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zhà

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zhà Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhà | zha4
English translation
grasshopper; locust, cicada

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About zhà

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

zhà

Contains the radical

chóng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

insect

Etymology of zhà

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

虫乍

Semantic compound

chóng

Phonetic compound

zhà

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chóng represents the meaning and zhà represents the sound.

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Example sentences using zhà

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一条线 shuān liǎ 蚂蚱 mà zha .

The dooms of the two are closely linked.

Qiū chán 安静 ānjìng 下来 xià lai ,蟋蟀 xī shuài 蚱蜢 zhà měng de 合唱 hé chàng shēng 减弱 jiǎn ruò .

The cicada is stilled. The chorus of the cricket and katydid diminishes.

huà de 蚱蜢 zhà měng ,大红 dà hóng 大绿, hěn xiàng 后期 hòu qī 印象派 yìn xiàng pài de 油画 yóu huà .

His way of painting cockscombs and peonies was quite different from that of other artists.

Words with zhà

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
蚂蚱 mà zha grasshopper螞蚱
蚱蜢 zhà měng grasshopper蚱蜢 zhà měng
zhà grasshopper zhà

zhà Decomposition & Compounds

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