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Pronunciation family

Chinese characters for “za”

12 characters share this plain syllable. Compare tone marks first, then open a character for writing and usage.

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First tone

zā

帀

zā

to rotate, to revolve, to make a circuit

full circle

to suck, to smack the lips

8 strokes

拶

zā

to squeeze, to press hard, to force

9 strokes

紥

zā

to tie, to fasten, to bind

10 strokes

紮

zā

to tie, to fasten, to bind

dirty, filthy

dirty, filthy

Second tone

zá

砸

zá

to smash, to pound, to crush, to break

10 strokes · HSK 3.0 L7-9

杂

zá

mix, blend

6 strokes · HSK 3.0 L6

雜

zá

mix, blend

18 strokes

Third tone

zǎ

咋

zǎ

question-forming particle: why? what? how?

8 strokes · HSK 2.0 L6

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Words using this pronunciation family

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复杂fùzá

complicated

杂志zázhì

magazine

咋zǎ

dialectal equivalent of 怎么

杂zá

mixed

嘈杂cáozá

noisy

错综复杂cuòzōng-fùzá

tangled and complicated

many

to mix together

to smash

acrobatics

Chinese characters for “za”

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