雜
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zá · mix, blend

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Shape and proportion

18Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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隹Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 雜

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Example sentences

Notice where 雜 sits in each complete thought.

Wǎn le! qiáng shàng zá zhì jiù yào fā bù le!晚了!牆上雜誌就要發布了!

Too late! The wall magazine is ready to be published!

Source: Tatoeba #13117563 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ de fáng jiàn lǐ yǒu yì běn zá zhì.我的房間裏有一本雜誌。

I have a magazine in my room.

Source: Tatoeba #1085597 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā bǎ zá zhì fàng zài zhuō shàng.她把雜誌放在桌上。

She laid the magazine on the table.

Source: Tatoeba #891755 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā sòng gěi wǒ yì xiē měi guó zá zhì.他送給我一些美國雜誌。

He sent me some American magazines.

Source: Tatoeba #846443 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā chǔ lǐ bù hǎo fù zá de zhuàng kuàng.他處理不好複雜的狀況。

He doesn't cope with complicated situations.

Source: Tatoeba #10541258 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Rì běn shì yí gè fēi cháng cáo zá de guó jiā.日本是一個非常嘈雜的國家。

Japan is an extremely noisy country.

Source: Tatoeba #797037 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 雜 in context

  1. Say zá, then recall the core meaning: mix, blend.
  2. Write all 18 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 雜 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.