乍
zhà

suddenly

乍 zhà
for the first time adverb
for the first time; newly; initially

乍一看，解释很简单。

zhà yī kàn, jiě​shì hěn jiǎn​dān.

At first glance, the explanation is simple.

suddenly
suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to spread
to spread or extend; to stretch out
to tremble
(literary) to tremble or shake due to fear
surname
a Chinese surname
to bolster
to puff out (one's chest), to bolster (one's courage), or to stretch out
to bristle
(of hair) to stand on end; to bristle
how
(literary) how; why; used in rhetorical questions like 怎 zěn or 哪 nǎ
temporarily
(literary) for a short while; temporarily

Cross-References

Same as

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,914th most common 11.0 per million
Movie subtitles
3,410th most common 1.71 per million appears in 1% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.82 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
5.84 per million

Details
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+4E4D

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