怎 — Chinese character
怎
zěn
what? why? how?
- Pinyin
- zěn
- Radical
- 61 ⼼ (Heart)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 乍 心
- Formation
- pictophonetic — heart; meaning component 心; sound component 乍
- Japanese
- 怎 as a kanji
Common words with 怎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 怎么 (怎麼) | zěn me | how?; what? |
| 怎么 (怎麽) | zěn me | variant of 怎么 (zěn me) |
| 怎样 (怎樣) | zěn yàng | how; what kind |
| 怎么样 (怎麼樣) | zěn me yàng | how?; how about? |
| 怎么办 (怎麼辦) | zěn me bàn | what's to be done |
| 怎么回事 (怎麼回事) | zěn me huí shì | what's the matter?; what's going on? |
| 不怎么 (不怎麼) | bù zěn me | not very; not particularly |
| 怎能 | zěn néng | how can? |
| 不管怎样 (不管怎樣) | bù guǎn zěn yàng | in any case; no matter what |
| 怎么着 (怎麼著) | zěn me zhāo | what?; how? |
| 不怎么样 (不怎麼樣) | bù zěn me yàng | not up to much; very indifferent |
| 怎奈 | zěn nài | (often used in early vernacular) but alas; however |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.