吒 · zhā

shout, roar, bellow; scold

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin: zhā
Cantonese: zaa1
Definition source: Unihan kDefinition

shout, roar, bellow; scold

Dictionary definitions & readings

吒 zhā · used for the sound "zha" in the names of certain legendary figures (e.g. 哪吒 Né zhā); Taiwan pr. zhà

吒 zhà · variant of 咤 zhà

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators: 10579.060:zhà,zhā Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators: 1447.150:zhā 1448.131:zhà Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators: 461.160:zhā Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese: zhā粵zaa1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana: タしかる Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ: cha Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs: 陟駕 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code: RHP Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes: 6201.4 6301.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions: 0176.050 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions: 422.14 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode: U+5412
Radical: 口 · 30
Strokes: 6
Residual strokes: 3
Standard list: 通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6531

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Stroke order

6 strokes

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

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History & distinctions

Related forms

咤

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese: traeH · 陟駕 · 假開二去麻知 · #2863

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Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties

kCihaiT: 256.601
kDaeJaweon: 0394.010
kHanYu: 10579.060
kIRGDaeJaweon: 0394.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian: 10579.060
kIRGKangXi: 0176.050
kKangXi: 0176.050
kMatthews: 75
kMorohashi: 03302
kSBGY: 422.14
kSMSZD2003Index: 91.06
kCangjie: RHP
kFourCornerCode: 6201.4 6301.4
kHKGlyph: 0506
kMojiJoho: MJ008075
kPhonetic: 1312
kUnihanCore2020: GHMT
kIICore: AGTHM
kIRG_GSource: G0-5F38
kIRG_HSource: HB1-A65C
kIRG_JSource: J3-2E75
kIRG_KPSource: KP1-3938
kIRG_KSource: K2-2639
kIRG_TSource: T1-475D
kIRG_VSource: V1-4E4E
kRSUnicode: 30.3
kTotalStrokes: 6
kBigFive: A65C
kCCCII: 213548
kCNS1986: 1-475D
kCNS1992: 1-475D
kEACC: 213548
kGB0: 6324
kGB1: 6324
kJIS0213: 1,14,85
kTGH: 2013:6531
kTaiwanTelegraph: 0688
kXerox: 302:106
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6: C+16803+30.3.3
kCantonese: zaa1
kDefinition: shout, roar, bellow; scold
kFanqie: 陟駕
kHanyuPinyin: 10579.060:zhà,zhā
kJapanese: タしかる
kJapaneseOn: TA
kKorean: THA THAK
kMandarin: zhā
kSMSZD2003Readings: zhā粵zaa1
kTGHZ2013: 461.160:zhā
kVietnamese: cha
kXHC1983: 1447.150:zhā 1448.131:zhà
kSemanticVariant: U+54A4<kMatthews
kSimplifiedVariant: U+54A4

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10

5dictionary records using 吒0forms using this shape0attributed sound links

⿰ Left / right

口

乇

Shape description
口 beside 乇 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰口乇$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰口乇$(GHTJKPV)

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