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乍

乍 U+4E4D, 乍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E4D
← 乌
[U+4E4C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 乎 →
[U+4E4E]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 

Han character

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乍 (Kangxi radical 4, 丿+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸 (HS) or 人尸 (OS), four-corner 80211, composition ⿱𠂉⿰丨二)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 82, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 130
  • Dae Jaweon: page 165, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 35, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4E4D

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 乍
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
         
 
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Transcribed ancient scripts
 
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References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (乍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
作 *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡ
鲊 *ʔsraːʔ
痄 *ʔsraːʔ
厏 *ʔsraːʔ, *zraːʔ
詐 *ʔsraːɡs
咋 *ʔsraːɡs, *zraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ
笮 *ʔsraːɡs, *zaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
榨 *ʔsraːɡs
炸 *ʔr'aːɡs, *zreːb
乍 *zraːɡs
拃 *ʔsraːnʔ
酢 *sʰaːɡs, *zaːɡ
祚 *zaːɡs
胙 *zaːɡs
阼 *zaːɡs
飵 *zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
秨 *zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
迮 *ʔsaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
柞 *ʔsaːɡ, *zaːɡ
昨 *zaːɡ
怍 *zaːɡ
砟 *zaːɡ
莋 *zaːɡ
岝 *zaːɡ, *zraːɡ
鈼 *zaːɡ
筰 *zaːɡ
葃 *zaːɡ, *zreːɡ, *zaɡ
舴 *ʔr'aːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
窄 *ʔsraːɡ
蚱 *ʔsraːɡ
齚 *zraːɡ
泎 *zraːɡ

Pictogram (象形) – an axe chopping wood. Original form of 柞.

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
 乍
alternative forms 𠆦

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 乍
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 崇 (20)
Final (韻) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 鋤駕切
Baxter dzraeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ʒˠaH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖ͡ʐᵚaH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡ʒaH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖ͡ʐaɨH/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ʒaH/
Wang
Li 		/d͡ʒaH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɖ͡ʐʱaH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhà
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zaa6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 乍
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhà
Middle
Chinese 		‹ dzræH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[dz]ˁrak-s/
English suddenly

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 乍
Reading # 1/1
No. 16650
Phonetic
component 		乍
Rime
group 		暮
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		乍
Old
Chinese 		/*zraːɡs/
Notes 曾憲通雲甲金文象以耒起土，
爲耕作字初文

Definitions

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乍

  1. suddenly
  2. at first
  3. (Eastern Min) just; exactly
  4. (Eastern Min) only a short while ago; just
  5. a surname: Zha[1]

References

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  1. ^ “乍姓起源、名人分布及起名大全”, in 百家姓大全 - 911查询‎[1] (in Chinese), 2024

Etymology 2

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simp. and trad.
 乍
alternative forms 蘸

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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乍

  1. (Southern Min) to deep-fry slightly
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 炸 (“to deep-fry”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 炸, 油炸
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 炸
Taiwan 炸
Singapore 炸
Cantonese Guangzhou 炸
Hong Kong 炸
Singapore (Guangfu) 炸
Hakka Meixian 炸
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 浮
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 炸
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 浮
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 浮
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 浮, 炸
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 浮
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 浮
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 浮
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 糋
Eastern Min Fuzhou 炸, 浮
Southern Min Xiamen 糋, 浮, 乍
Quanzhou 糋, 浮, 乍
Zhangzhou 糋, 浮, 乍
Tainan 糋, 浮, 乍 GT
Penang (Hokkien) 糋
Singapore (Hokkien) 糋
Manila (Hokkien) 糋
Chaozhou 炸
Wu Shanghai 炸, 氽, 煠
Suzhou 氽, 煠
Wuxi 煠
Hangzhou 煠, 氽
Ningbo 煠, 氽
Ningbo (Zhenhai) 煠
Ningbo (Fenghua) 煠
Zhoushan 煠
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Etymology 3

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For pronunciation and definitions of 乍 – see 作 (“to get up; to get up and go to work; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient variant form of 作).

Etymology 4

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For pronunciation and definitions of 乍 – see 榨 (“to press or extract juices; to squeeze; press to extract juices; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 榨).
Notes:

Further reading

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Japanese

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Kanji

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乍

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. Although

Readings

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  • Go-on: じゃ (ja)
  • Kan-on: さ (sa)
  • Kun: たちまち (tachimachi, 乍ち)、ながら (nagara, 乍ら)

As an alternative form of 作:

Korean

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Hanja

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乍 (eumhun 잠깐 사 (jamkkan sa))

  1. (for) a short time

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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乍: Hán Nôm readings: chạ, sạ, cha, sã, chả

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