扎 zhā
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
扎
zhā
to prick, to stab
Character
Example phrases
- 护士给他扎针时，他因为紧张一直不敢看。 Hùshi gěi tā zhā zhēn shí, tā yīnwèi jǐnzhāng yìzhí bù gǎn kàn. When the nurse gave him an injection, he was so nervous that he did not dare to look.
- 小心，玫瑰的刺会扎手。 Xiǎoxīn, méigui de cì huì zhā shǒu. Careful, the rose thorns will prick your hand.
- 他的脚被一根钉子扎了一下。 Tā de jiǎo bèi yì gēn dīngzi zhā le yíxià. His foot was pricked by a nail.
Related words
- 包扎 bāozā to bandage; to wrap a wound
- 扎根 zhāgēn to take root
- 扎实 zhāshi solid; sound; down-to-earth
- 驻扎 zhùzhā to station; to be stationed
- 挣扎 zhēngzhá to struggle; to flounder; to strive painfully
- 吊 diào to hang, to suspend
- 埋 mái to bury
- 覆盖 fùgài to cover
- 挖 wā to dig
- 铺 pū to spread, to pave
- 砍 kǎn to cut, to chop
- 搭 dā to build, to set up