扎

zhá
#1,409 most
frequent character
used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1zha2]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

扎 pairs 扌 hand with 乚 yǐ as the sound part. It first meant 'to pull out, remove'. The 'prick' sense came later by sound loan, not from the shape. Read zā, it means 'to tie, bind', also a sound loan; zhá is used in 'penetrating cold'.

扎 as a component in other characters

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