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).

乍 character breakdown

The character 乍 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 乍 as component

salted fish / dish made with ground vegetables, flour and other condiments
(used in place names) / variant of 岝[Zuo4]
name of a mountain in Shandong
ashamed
span (unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand) / to span (measure with one's hand)
mumps
small boat
see 苲草[zha3 cao3]
haste / to press
variant of 齰[ze2]

Words with 乍

to be a newcomer / just off the boat
Zhapu town and port on north of Hangzhou Bay 杭州灣|杭州湾 in Zhejiang
Zhapu town and port on north of Hangzhou Bay 杭州灣|杭州湾 in Zhejiang
to appear suddenly
at first glance
(of sb's face) turning alternately green and white

Sentences with 乍

乍 currently does not appear in any sentence.