扎 – vocab dash

Keyword

to prick

to bind
to wrap
to pierce
to stop

Frequency: #1343
Strokes: 4

Readings

zhá50%

zhā50%

Mnemonic

A hand 扌 tying a bundle with string 乚

Stroke order

Composed of

扌hand 乚secret

Used in vocabulary

扎zhā

to prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar"); (of troops) to be stationed (at); Taiwan pr. zhá

挣扎zhēngzhá

to struggle

扎实zhāshi

strong; solid; sturdy; firm; practical

驻扎zhùzhā

to station; to garrison (troops)

扎根zhāgēn

to take root

扎zā

to tie; to bind; classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle; Taiwan pr. zhá

莫扎特Mòzhātè

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer

卡扎菲Kǎzhāfēi

(Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi (1942-2011), de facto leader of Libya from 1969-2011

扎营zhāyíng

to camp; to pitch camp; stationed; quartered; Taiwan pr. zháyíng

结扎jiézā

to tie up; to bind up; (medicine) to ligate; (of a male) to have a vasectomy (ligation of the vasa deferentia); (of a female) to have one's tubes tied (tubal ligation)

包扎bāozā

to wrap up; to pack; to bind up (a wound)

阿布扎比Ābùzhābǐ

Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE)

扎扎实实zhāzhashíshí

firm; solid; reliable; real; practical

马扎mǎzhá

campstool; folding stool (with fabric stretched across the top to sit on)

扎伊尔Zhāyī'ěr

Zaire, former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

扎堆zhāduī

(of people) to flock together; to congregate