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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zā | za1
English translation
to tie, to fasten, to bind

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

thread

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

札糸

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zhá

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhā to prick zhā
挣扎 zhēngzhá to struggle掙扎
扎实 zhāshi strong扎實
驻扎 zhùzhā to station駐紮
包扎 bāo zā to wrap up包紮
结扎 jié zā ligation (medicine)結扎
莫扎特 Mò zhā tè Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer莫扎特 Mò zhā tè
扎根 zhā gēn to take root扎根 zhā gēn
扎扎实实 zhā zha shí shí firm扎扎實實
扎营 zhā yíng to camp紮營
垂死挣扎 chuí sǐ zhēng zhá deathbed struggle垂死掙扎
卡扎菲 Kǎ zhā fēi (Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi (1942-2011), de facto leader of Libya from 1969-2011卡扎菲 Kǎ zhā fēi
扎针 zhā zhēn to give or have an acupuncture treatment扎針
稳扎稳打 wěn zhā wěn dǎ fig. steadily and surely穩扎穩打
安营扎寨 ān yíng zhā zhài to set up camp安營紮寨
扎伊尔 Zhā yī ěr Zaire扎伊爾
扎眼 zhā yǎn garish扎眼 zhā yǎn
巴尔扎克 Bā ěr zhā kè Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850), French novelist, author of series La comédie humaine巴爾扎克
卡尔扎伊 Kǎ ěr zā yī Hamid Karzai (1957-), Afghan politician, president 2004-2014卡爾紮伊
阿布扎比 Ā bù zhā bǐ Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE)阿布扎比 Ā bù zhā bǐ

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