zǎ, zé, zhà

Radical: 口 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

咋 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 咋

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 咋.

咋呼
zhā hu
咋舌
zé shé
不咋地
bù zǎ de
不咋的
bù zǎ de
百不咋
bǎi bù za
叽咋柳莺
jī zǎ liǔ yīng
东方叽咋柳莺
dōng fāng jī zǎ liǔ yīng

Related characters (radical 口)

Characters that share the radical .

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