Chinese symbol for “prick”
扎
zhā
to prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")
The closest CC-CEDICT match for prick is 扎 (zhā), defined as: to prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar").
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “prick”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刺 | cì | thorn; sting |
| 挑 | tiǎo | to raise; to dig up |
| 扎穿 | zhā chuān | to prick; to puncture |
| 剟 | duō | to prick; to cut blocks, to engrave |
| 刺痛 | cì tòng | to tingle; to sting; to have a sudden sharp pain; (fig.) to hurt deeply; tingle; prick; sting; stab of pain |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 扎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挣扎 (掙扎) | zhēng zhá | to struggle |
| 扎实 (扎實) | zhā shi | strong; solid |
| 驻扎 (駐紮) | zhù zhā | to station; to garrison (troops) |
| 扎根 | zhā gēn | to take root |
| 扎营 (紮營) | zhā yíng | to camp; to pitch camp |
See also: Japanese symbol for “prick”.
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.