Read Edit View history 蚱 zhà grasshopper Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 乍 represents the sound. Components 虫 虫 Meaning component chóng bug, insect 乍 乍 Sound component zhà, zuò suddenly Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangʔsraːɡ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang