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札

zhá

Character

What 札 means

1. thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China)
2. a kind of official document (in former times)
3. letter
4. note
5. plague

Other readings

札 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhávariant of {札|zhá}
• zhávariant of {札|zhá}

Example sentences

• 我来自札幌。
  Wǒ láizì Zháhuǎng.
  I'm from Sapporo.
• 我是札幌的市民。
  Wǒ shì Zháhuǎng de shìmín.
  I am a citizen of Sapporo.
• 莫札特: 一个永远的音乐奇才
  Mòzhátè: yī gè yǒngyuǎn de yīnyuè qícái
  Mozart: one of the great musical prodigies of all time.
• 汤姆说莫札特是他最喜欢的作曲家。
  Tom said Mozart was his favorite composer.
• 柏柏旗帜由三条横条组成：上半部为蓝色，象征地中海；下半部为绿色，象征塔马兹加平原；下半部为黄色，象征沙漠。在这些条纹之上叠加着字母「阿札 (雅兹) ⵥ」，象征着提非纳格文字 (伊马齐根人的古老文字)，红色代表鲜血和自由。
  The Berber flag has an upper band of blue like the Mediterranean Sea, then a green band like the plains of Tamazgha, and finally a yellow band representing the desert. Upon these stripes is superimposed the letter Aza (yaz) ⵥ, symbolizing the tifinagh, ancient writing of Imazighen, in red, representing blood and freedom.

Words starting with 札

• 札记zhá jìreading notes
• 札达县Zhá dá XiànZanda, a county in Ngari Prefecture 阿里地区
• 札格瑞布Zhá gé ruì bù(Taiwan) Zagreb, capital of Croatia
• 札格雷布Zhá gé léi bù(Taiwan) Zagreb, capital of Croatia
• 札幌Zhá huǎngSapporo, Japan
• 札达Zhá dásee 札达县
• 札马鲁丁Zhá mǎ lǔ dīngsee 扎马剌丁
• 札马剌丁Zhá mǎ lá dīngsee 扎马剌丁

Words containing 札

• 信札xìn zháletter
• 手札shǒu zhá(literary) personal letter
• 书札shū zháletter; also written 书札
• 玉札yù zhágreat burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis), a plant whose root is used in TCM…
• 芳札fāng zhágood letter
• 波札那Bō zhá nà(Taiwan) Botswana
• 莫札特Mò zhá tèWolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Austrian composer (Tw)
• 吞米桑布札Tūn mǐ Sāng bù zháTunmi Sanghuzha (6th century AD), originator of the Tibetan script

Characters that look like 札

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable
• 托tuōto hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm…
• 礼lǐgift; rite; ceremony
• 扎zhāto prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into; mug or jug used for serving beer…
• 孔kǒnghole; classifier for cave dwellings
• 轧gáto crush together (in a crowd); to make friends; to check (accounts)

Sounds the same

Read zhá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 闸sluice; sluice gate; to dam up water; (colloquial) brake
• 炸to deep fry; (colloquial) to blanch (a vegetable); Taiwan pr. zhà
• 铡lever-style guillotine; to chop using this type of guillotine
• 轧to roll (steel)
• 扎used in 挣扎
• 甴used in 曱甴
• 蚻Aphrophora martima
• 霅rain