The Chinese Radical: 乍


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Meaning
suddenly, for the first time    乍

Explanation The saw has its handle ノ at the upper left.

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
to make something, to write or compose, to pretend, to feel
zuò
Left: a person 亻, right: suddenly, unexpectedly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells [the tree] suddenly.)
The person has a saw to make something.  
HSK 1
how?, What to do?
zěn
Top: suddenly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells/chops [the tree] suddenly.), bottom: heart 心
The saw sawed the heart. - What now?  
HSK 1
yesterday, past
zuó
Left: sun/day 日, right: suddenly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells [the tree] suddenly.)
(At midnight:) The present day is "sawn" into yesterday.  
HSK 5
to deep fry, to explode
zhá, zhà
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.  
HSK 5
narrow, narrow-minded, badly off
zhǎi
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.  
HSK 6
to cheat, to swindle, to pretend, deceit
zhà
Left: word 讠/言, right: suddenly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells [the tree] suddenly.)
If the words are sawed (=fiddled), the person is cheating.  
HSK 6
particle for question: Why? How? What?, to bite, loud
zǎ, zé, zhà, zhā
Left: mouth 口, right: suddenly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells [the tree] suddenly.)
The mouth asks suddenly: Why?  
HSK 6
to squeeze (out juice), to extract, salted vegetable
zhà
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.  
no HSK
suddenly, unexpectedly, for the first time
zhà
丿
Image of a saw
The saw fells [the tree] suddenly and unexpectedly.  
no HSK
a saw, stapling or cramping broken pieces together
jū, jù
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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