乍 — Chinese character
乍
zhà
first time, for the first time, suddenly
- Pinyin
- zhà
- Radical
- 4 ⼃ (Slash)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 丿 下 一
- Japanese
- 乍 as a kanji
Common words with 乍
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乍现 (乍現) | zhà xiàn | to appear suddenly |
| 初来乍到 (初來乍到) | chū lái zhà dào | to be a newcomer; just off the boat |
| 乍看 | zhà kàn | at first glance |
| 乍暖还寒 (乍暖還寒) | zhà nuǎn huán hán | (idiom) (of early spring weather) alternating between warm and cold |
| 春光乍泄 | chūn guāng zhà xiè | spring sunshine emerges to bring the world alive (idiom); to give a glimpse of sth intimate (e.g. one's underwear) |
| 一惊一乍 (一驚一乍) | yī jīng yī zhà | frightened; flustered |
| 乍青乍白 | zhà qīng zhà bái | (of sb's face) turning alternately green and white |
| 新来乍到 (新來乍到) | xīn lái zhà dào | newly arrived (idiom) |
| 猛乍 | měng zhà | suddenly; unexpectedly |
English words written with 乍
乍 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1
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.