Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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, opening(This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.)
乍 suddenly, for the first time(This 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

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