扎
zāzhāzhá HSK6

pull up

扎 (紮) zā frequency
tie verb
to tie or bind

她用丝带把头发扎了起来。

tā yòng sī​dài bǎ tóu​fa zā le qi​lai.

She tied her hair up with a ribbon.

bundle measure word
classifier for things tied in a bunch, such as flowers or banknotes

花瓶里插着一扎红玫瑰。

huā​píng lǐ chā zhe yī zā hóng méi​guī.

There is a bunch of red roses in the vase.

扎 zhā
prick verb
to prick or stick a needle or sharp object into something

护士在他胳膊上扎了一针。

hù​shi zài tā gē​bo shàng zhā le yī zhēn.

The nurse gave him an injection in the arm.

jar measure word
a mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from English)

我们要了一扎啤酒。

wǒ​men yào le yī zhā pí​jiǔ.

We ordered a pitcher of beer.

扎 zhá
struggle verb
used in 挣扎 zhēng​zhá (to struggle)

他在水里拼命地挣扎。

tā zài shuǐ lǐ pīn​mìng de zhēng zhá.

He struggled desperately in the water.

扎 (紮) zhā
station idiom
(of troops) to be stationed at a specific location

为了守住入城口，军队在桥头扎了下来。

wèi​le shǒu​zhu rù​chéng​kǒu, jūn​duì zài qiáo​tóu zhā le xià​lai.

To guard the entrance to the city, the army set up camp at the bridgehead.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,411th most common 80.6 per million
Movie subtitles
1,351st most common 54.7 per million appears in 20% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
19.6 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
32.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
4
Unicode
U+624E

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)