 | 乍 | ||
| first time, for the first time | |||
| Radical | 丿乀乁乁 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 4 | Total Strokes | 5 |
| Mandarin reading | zhà zuò | Cantonese reading | zaa3 zaa6 zok3 |
| Japanese on reading | saku sa | Japanese kun reading | tachimachi nagara |
| Korean reading | sa | Vietnamese reading | chạ |
| 乍浦镇 | [ zhà pǔ zhèn ] Zhapu town and port on north of Hangzhou Bay 杭州灣|杭州湾 in Zhejiang |
| 乍现 | [ zhà xiàn ] to appear suddenly |
| ⇒ 一惊一乍 | [ yī jīng yī zhà ] frightened, flustered |
| ⇒ 初来乍到 | [ chū laí zhà daò ] to be a newcomer, just off the boat |
| ⇒ 新来乍到 | [ xīn laí zhà daò ] newly arrived (idiom) |