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Keyword
to scold
  • to shout
  • to roar
  • to bellow
Frequency
#4685
Strokes
9
Readings
zhà
Mnemonic
口 (mouth) gives the meaning and 宅 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
叱咤chìzhà
to rebuke angrily
叱咤风云chìzhàfēngyún
lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world; all-powerful