乍

Stroke order

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

• 作, 泎, 咋, 怍, 拃, 阼, 岞, 妰, 炸, 昨, 柞, 胙, 㸲, 祚, 砟, 秨, 蚱, 舴, 䋏, 詐, 酢, 䝫, 䟭, 䞢, 飵, 鈼, 䩆, 鮓, 齚, 厏, 岝, 苲, 㡸, 怎, 迮, 窄, 痄, 笮

• 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

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
Oracle bone script   j27471   j27472   j27473   j27474   j27475   j27476   j27477   j27478   j27479   j27480   j27481   j27482   j27483   j27484   j27485   j27486   j27487   j27488   j27489   j27490   j27491   j27492   j27493   j27494   j27495   j27496   j27497   j27498   j27499   j27500   j27501   j27502   j27503   j27504   j27505   j27506   j27507   j27508   j27509   j27510   j27511   j27512   j27513   j27514   j27515   j27516   j27517   j27518   j27519   j27520   j27521   j27522   j27523   j27524   j27525   j27526   j27527   j27528   j27529 Bronze inscriptions   b17714   b17715   b17716   b17717   b17718   b17719   b17720   b17721   b17722   b17723   b17724   b17725   b17726   b17727   b17728   b17729   b17730   b17731   b17732   b17733   b17734   b17735   b17736   b17737   b17738   b17739   b17740   b17741   b17742   b17743   b17744   b17745   b17746   b17747   b17748   b17749   b17750   b17751   b17752   b17753   b17754   b17755   b17756   b17757   b17758   b17759   b17760   b17761   b17762   b17763   b17764   b17765   b17766   b17767   b17768   b17769   b17770   b17771   b17772   b17773   b17774   b17775   b17776   b17777   b17778   b17779   b17780   b17781   b17782   b17783   b17784   b17785   b17786   b17787   b17788   b17789   b17790   b17791   b17792   b17793   b17794   b17795   b17796   b17797   b17798   b17799   b17800   b17801   b17802   b17803   b17804   b17805   b17806   b17807   b17808   b17809   b17810   b17811   b17812   b17813   b17814   b17815   b17816   b17817   b17818   b17819   b17820   b17821   b17822   b17823   b17824   b17825   b17826   b17827   b17828   b17829   b17830   b17831   b17832   b17833   b17834   b17835   b17836   b17837   b17838   b17839   b17840   b17841   b17842   b17843   b17844   b17845   b17846   b17847   b17848   b17849 Small seal script   s09434 Transcribed ancient scripts   L23775   L23776   L23777
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).

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

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]

乍

1. (Southern Min) to deep-fry slightly

• (Min Nan) “Entry #1307”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Although

• 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:

• Go-on: さく (saku)
• Kan-on: さく (saku)
• Kun: おこる (okoru, 乍こる)

乍 (eumhun 잠깐 사 (jamkkan sa))

1. (for) a short time

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 乍

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

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