咋 = 口 + 乍

咋 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “question-forming particle”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 乍 (first time).

Keyword: question-forming particle
Pinyin (Mandarin): zǎ
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: question-forming particle, why? how? what?, вопросообразующая частица, почему? как? что?, why? how? what?

Decomposition

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口 mouth
乍 first time

How to find 咋 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “first time”. 咋 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 咋 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.