Memory phrase for the character: 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 timeThe saw has its handle ノ at the upper left.




 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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