Read Edit View history 咋 zǎzézhā question-forming particle Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 乍 represents the sound. Components 口 口 Meaning component kǒu, kou mouth 乍 乍 Sound component zhà, zuò suddenly Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangʔsraːɡszraːɡʔsreːɡ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang