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乍

乍 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. たちまち。急に。
  2. ながら。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。縫っている途中の衣服を象る。「つくる」を意味する漢語｛作｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

though, notwithstanding, while, during, both, all

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サ
  • サク
Kun (native)
  • 〜なが(ら)
  • たちま(ち)
Other languages
  • 拼音zha4
  • 한글sa
  • Hán-ViệtSạ

Basics

Strokes
5 strokes
Radical
丿(の)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+4E4D

Components

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Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𠂉⿰丨二

Words using this kanji

  • 乍らながらwhile, during, as, while
  • 乍らもながらもthough, although, notwithstanding, in spite of
  • 乍らにながらにwhile, during, performed in this condition

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(5 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-3
Four Corner
8021.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a5.10
Nelson
172