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suddenly, for the first time 乍
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| Explanation |
This radical is understood to display a saw.
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Used in these characters:
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作
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| to make something, to write or compose, to pretend, to feel
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Left: a person 亻, right: suddenly, unexpectedly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells [the tree] suddenly.)
The person has a saw to make something.
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怎
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| how?, What to do?
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Top: suddenly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells/chops [the tree] suddenly.), bottom: heart 心
The saw sawed the heart. - What now?
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昨
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| yesterday, past
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Left: sun/day 日, right: suddenly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells [the tree] suddenly.)
(At midnight:) The present day is "sawn" into yesterday.
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炸
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to deep fry, to explode
zhá, zhà
火
乍
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Left: fire 火, right: suddenly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells [the tree] suddenly.)
(Due to the higher temperature:) With fire it is very fast (=sudden) to prepare food if you: deep fry.
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窄
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| narrow, narrow-minded, badly off
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Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave.), bottom: suddenly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells [the tree] suddenly.)
(Unlike an axe, which chopes out a wedge.) The cavity (= slit or notch) made by a saw is narrow.
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诈
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to cheat, to swindle, to pretend, deceit
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Left: word 讠/言, right: suddenly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells [the tree] suddenly.)
If the words are sawed (=fiddled), the person is cheating.
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咋
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| particle for question: Why? How? What?, to bite, loud
zǎ, zé, zhà, zhā
口
乍
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Left: mouth 口, right: suddenly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells [the tree] suddenly.)
The mouth asks suddenly: Why?
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榨
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to squeeze (out juice), to extract, salted vegetable
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Left: tree 木, right: narrow 窄 (The opening 穴 [= slit/notch] made by a saw 乍 is narrow.)
If the tree shall pass through the narrow, it must be squeezed.
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乍
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JLPT no HSK |
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| suddenly, unexpectedly, for the first time
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Image of a saw
The saw fells [the tree] suddenly and unexpectedly.
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锯
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JLPT no HSK |
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| a saw, stapling or cramping broken pieces together
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Left: metal 钅/金, right: reside, live 居 (Where the buttock 尸 [side view] becomes old 古, he has his residence.)
It's made of metal and you use it where you reside: a saw.
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