蚱

zhà

noun

Meanings

草丛里有很多蚱蜢在跳。

Cǎocóng lǐ yǒu hěnduō zhàměng zài tiào.

There are many grasshoppers jumping in the grass.

孩子抓到了一只绿色的蚱蜢。

Háizi zhuā dào le yì zhī lǜsè de zhàměng.

The child caught a green grasshopper.

usage

Used in the everyday word 蚱蜢 (grasshopper). 蚱 rarely appears alone; if you see this character, the word is almost certainly 蚱蜢.

radical

虫 chóng

insect; worm

Left-side insect radical 虫. It tells you 蚱 names a bug — here the grasshopper of 蚱蜢.

phonetic

乍 zhà

suddenly; at first

Right side 乍 is purely the sound — same reading zhà. The same phonetic shows up in 炸 and 诈.

蚱 zhà