Memory phrase for the Kanji: 咋

咋

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Meaning particle for question: Why? How? What?, to bite, loud

Pronunciation

zǎ, zé, zhà, zhā

Explanation

Left: mouth 口, right: suddenly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells [the tree] suddenly.)

Mnemonic
 
The mouth asks suddenly: Why?

Radicals

口 mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
乍 suddenly, for the first timeThis radical is understood to display a saw.
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 Vocabulary

 百不咋  bǎi bù za  of no consequence (idiom)
 咋舌  zhà shé  to be speechless
 咋舌  zhà shé  

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