扎 (zhā, zhá, zā) — Chinese Character

扎

zhā, zhá, zā

to prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")

Radical: 扌 HSK 6 v ideographic

Components & Etymology

扎 decomposes into the following components:

扌乚

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 扎.

包扎

bāo zā

variant of 包紮|包扎[bao1 za1]

塔扎

tǎ zā

Taza (a city in northern Morocco)

尖扎

jiān zhā

Jianzha county in Huangnan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州[Huang2 nan2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai

巴扎

bā zhā

扎住

zhā zhù

to stop

扎啤

zhā pí

draught beer

扎堆

zhā duī

to gather together

扎实

zhā shi

strong

扎寨

zhā zhài

扎带

zā dài

扎心

zhā xīn

扎扎

zhā zhā

(onomatopoeia) crunch (of marching feet etc)

Characters that share the radical 扌.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.