dialectal equivalent of 怎麼|怎么[zen3 me5]
gnaw

= + : In the elevator's kitchen (e2) Zorro (z) is gnawing (咋) away a mandarin's (口) peel to make the remaining peel look like the mandarin has a Mohawk haircut (乍).
loud noise / shout / suddenly

= + : James II of England (zh) is just about to bite a mandarin (口) in the ashram's bathroom (a4) when the mandarin suddenly (咋) shouts (咋) at James, causing his hair to stand on end (乍) like as if he had a Mohawk haircut (乍).

咋 character breakdown

at first / suddenly / abruptly / to spread / (of hair) to stand on end / bristling

Mnemonic symbol: a Mohawk haircut. It fits the hair "to stand on end" and the character itself looks like a head with a Mohawk haircut facing towards the left.

James II of England (zh) tries out a Mohawk haircut (乍) in the ashram's bathroom (a4).
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

Characters with 咋 as component

咋 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 咋

bluster / ruckus / to boast loudly
to be speechless / also pr. [ze2 she2]
(bird species of China) common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
(bird species of China) mountain chiffchaff (Phylloscopus sindianus)
of no consequence (idiom)
(dialect) not that great / not up to much / nothing special
(dialect) not that great / not up to much / nothing special

Sentences with 咋

咋 currently does not appear in any sentence.