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CHINESE CHARACTER

zhà

炸

炸

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to deep fry

Numbered pinyin
zha4
English meanings
to deep fry, to explode

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 火; right 乍.

  • Left

    火
  • Right

    乍
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    • Outside

      丿
    • Inside

      ⿻
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      • First part

        下
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        • Top

          一
        • Bottom

          卜
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      • Second part

        一

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰火乍

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    zhà炸shǔtiáo薯条。

    French fries.

  2. 02

    zhà炸yú鱼。

    Fried fish.

  3. 03

    bàozhà爆炸。

    Explode.

  4. 04

    zhà炸kāi开le了。

    Blew open.

  5. 05

    yóu油zhà炸。

    Deep-fried.

  6. 06

    zhàdàn炸弹。

    A bomb.

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