蚱 meaning and stroke order
Grasshopper; locust, cicada
How to write 蚱, stroke by stroke
11 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 蚱
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- grasshopper
How 蚱 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Insect.
虫 gives the meaning and 乍 hints at the sound.
Radical: 虫 (insect), shared by 197 characters on this site.
How to remember 蚱
蚱 is a pictophonetic character: the insect radical 虫 on the left tells you it is a bug, and 乍 (zhà) on the right gives the sound. Picture a grasshopper that leaps up suddenly, since 乍 also means "suddenly" in Chinese.
蚱 almost never appears alone. It shows up in words like 蚱蜢 (zhàměng, grasshopper) and the everyday northern word 蚂蚱 (màzha, grasshopper or locust). Example: 草地上有一只蚂蚱。(Cǎodì shang yǒu yì zhī màzha.) There is a grasshopper on the grass.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 蚱 with 炸 (zhà, to explode) or 诈 (zhà, to cheat), which share the same 乍 part and sound. Check the left side: only 蚱 has 虫 for insect. Also note that in 蚂蚱 the second syllable is usually read in the neutral tone, as màzha.
Common words with 蚱
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
蚱 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 蚱
How many strokes are in 蚱?
蚱 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 蚱 mean?
蚱 (zhà) means grasshopper; locust, cicada. A common word with it is 蚱蜢 (zhàměng), meaning "grasshopper".
How do you pronounce 蚱?
蚱 is pronounced zhà, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 蚱?
The radical of 蚱 is 虫, which carries the idea of "insect". Dictionaries list 蚱 under this radical.
What is the difference between 蚱蜢 and 蚂蚱?
Both mean grasshopper. 蚱蜢 (zhàměng) is the more standard, written term. 蚂蚱 (màzha) is the colloquial word heard in everyday speech, especially in northern China, and it can also refer to locusts.
What does the saying 一根绳上的蚂蚱 mean?
It literally means "grasshoppers tied on the same string." People use it to say that two people share the same fate, so if one is in trouble, the other is too.