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甴

zhá

Character

What 甴 means

1. used in {曱甴|yuē zhá}

Words containing 甴

• 曱甴yuē zhá(dialect) cockroach; also pr. yuē yóu

Characters built on 口

These share the phonetic component 口 (kǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 吗ma(question particle for "yes-no" questions)
• 吧ba(modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?
• 啊āinterjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh!
• 哪nǎhow; which
• 哈hā(interj.) ha!; (onom. for laughter); (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore
• 呀ya(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
• 咖kā(bound form) coffee; café (abbr. for 咖啡; (Taiwan; bound form) type of person…
• 嘛máused in 唵嘛呢叭咪吽; (Taiwan; colloquial) what?

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
• 札thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China)…
• 铡lever-style guillotine; to chop using this type of guillotine
• 轧to roll (steel)
• 扎used in 挣扎
• 蚻Aphrophora martima
• 霅rain