炸
zhàzhá HSK6

to fry in oil, explode

炸 zhà frequency
to explode verb
To burst suddenly (of a container, heart, etc.) due to internal pressure

我觉得心脏要炸了。

wǒ jué​de xīn​zàng yào zhà le.

I feel like my heart's going to explode.

to bomb verb
To blow up or destroy with explosives; to blast

他们炸了屋顶！

tā​men zhà le wū​dǐng!

They blew up the roof!

to fly into a rage
(colloquial) To suddenly lose one's temper; to flare up in anger.
to flee in terror
(colloquial) To scatter or flee in panic due to a sudden disturbance.
炸 zhá
to deep-fry noun
To cook food in hot oil
to blanch
(colloquial) to scald vegetables or meat briefly in boiling water
to cook in a little oil
to stir-fry food with a small amount of hot oil and seasonings (as in 炸酱 zhá​jiàng)

Frequency
Character
Written text
976th most common 168.2 per million
Movie subtitles
754th most common 168.4 per million appears in 34% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
50.3 per million appears in 15% of films
Written text
25.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+70B8

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