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Chinese symbol for “crunch”

扎扎
zhā zhā
(onom.) crunch (of marching feet etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for crunch is 扎扎 (zhā zhā), defined as: (onom.) crunch (of marching feet etc).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

扎 zhā
to bind, to wrap; to pierce; to stop
radical 64 ⼿ · 4 strokes
扎
扎 zhā
to bind, to wrap; to pierce; to stop
radical 64 ⼿ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “crunch”

WordPinyinMeaning
紧缩 (緊縮)jǐn suō(economics) to reduce; to curtail
卷腹 (捲腹)juǎn fùcrunch (physical exercise)
嘎吱gā zhī(onom.) creak; crunch
吱嘎zhī gā(onom.) creak; crunch

Related words

Other words that share a character with 扎扎.

WordPinyinMeaning
挣扎 (掙扎)zhēng zháto struggle
扎实 (扎實)zhā shistrong; solid
驻扎 (駐紮)zhù zhāto station; to garrison (troops)
扎根zhā gēnto take root
扎营 (紮營)zhā yíngto camp; to pitch camp

See also: Japanese symbol for “crunch”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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