乍 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

乍 English definition

zhà

  • at first
  • suddenly
  • abruptly
  • to spread
  • (of hair) to stand on end
  • bristling

Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : to open; to spread;
  • : fence; also pr. [shan1];
  • : to press; to extract (juice); device for extracting juice, oils etc;
  • : name of a river;
  • : to explode;
  • : mumps;
  • : grasshopper;
  • : to cheat; to swindle; to pretend; to feign; to draw sb out; to try to extract information by deceit or bluff;
  • : press for extracting wine;