乍

乍 U+4E4D, 乍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E4D
← 乌
[U+4E4C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 乎 →
[U+4E4E]

Translingual
Stroke order

Han character

乍 (Kangxi radical 4, 丿+4, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸 (HS) or 人尸 (OS), four-corner 80211, composition ⿱𠂉⿰丨二)

Derived characters

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 82, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 130
  • Dae Jaweon: page 165, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 35, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4E4D

Chinese

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 乍
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Oracle bone script

j27471

j27472

j27473

j27474

j27475

j27476

j27477

j27478

j27479

j27480

j27481

j27482

j27483

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j27485

j27486

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j27488

j27489

j27490

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j27492

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j27500

j27501

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j27508

j27509

j27510

j27511

j27512

j27513

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j27517

j27518

j27519

j27520

j27521

j27522

j27523

j27524

j27525

j27526

j27527

j27528

j27529

Bronze inscriptions

b17714

b17715

b17716

b17717

b17718

b17719

b17720

b17721

b17722

b17723

b17724

b17725

b17726

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b17771

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b17841

b17842

b17843

b17844

b17845

b17846

b17847

b17848

b17849

Small seal script

s09434

Transcribed ancient scripts

L23775

L23776

L23777

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (乍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
作 *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡ
鲊 *ʔsraːʔ
痄 *ʔsraːʔ
厏 *ʔsraːʔ, *zraːʔ
詐 *ʔsraːɡs
咋 *ʔsraːɡs, *zraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ
笮 *ʔsraːɡs, *zaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
榨 *ʔsraːɡs
炸 *ʔr'aːɡs, *zreːb
乍 *zraːɡs
拃 *ʔsraːnʔ
酢 *sʰaːɡs, *zaːɡ
祚 *zaːɡs
胙 *zaːɡs
阼 *zaːɡs
飵 *zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
秨 *zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
迮 *ʔsaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
柞 *ʔsaːɡ, *zaːɡ
昨 *zaːɡ
怍 *zaːɡ
砟 *zaːɡ
莋 *zaːɡ
岝 *zaːɡ, *zraːɡ
鈼 *zaːɡ
筰 *zaːɡ
葃 *zaːɡ, *zreːɡ, *zaɡ
舴 *ʔr'aːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
窄 *ʔsraːɡ
蚱 *ʔsraːɡ
齚 *zraːɡ
泎 *zraːɡ

Pictogram (象形) – an axe chopping wood. Original form of 柞.

Etymology 1
simp. and trad.
 乍
alternative forms 𠆦

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 乍
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 崇 (20)
Final (韻) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 鋤駕切
Baxter dzraeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /d͡ʒˠaH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɖ͡ʐᵚaH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /d͡ʒaH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɖ͡ʐaɨH/
Li
Rong		 /d͡ʒaH/
Wang
Li		 /d͡ʒaH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɖ͡ʐʱaH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhà
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 zaa6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 乍
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhà
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dzræH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[dz]ˁrak-s/
English suddenly

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 乍
Reading # 1/1
No. 16650
Phonetic
component		 乍
Rime
group		 暮
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 乍
Old
Chinese		 /*zraːɡs/
Notes 曾憲通雲甲金文象以耒起土，
爲耕作字初文

Definitions

乍

  1. suddenly
  2. at first
  3. (Eastern Min) just; exactly
  4. (Eastern Min) only a short while ago; just

Etymology 2
simp. and trad.
 乍
alternative forms 蘸

Pronunciation

Definitions

乍

  1. (Southern Min) to deep-fry slightly
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 炸 (“to deep-fry”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 炸, 油炸
Mandarin Beijing 炸
Taiwan 炸
Singapore 炸
Cantonese Guangzhou 炸
Hong Kong 炸
Singapore (Guangfu) 炸
Hakka Meixian 炸
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 浮
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 炸
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 浮
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 浮
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 浮, 炸
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 浮
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 浮
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 浮
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 糋
Eastern Min Fuzhou 炸, 浮
Southern Min Xiamen 糋, 浮, 乍
Quanzhou 糋, 浮, 乍
Zhangzhou 糋, 浮, 乍
Tainan 糋, 浮, 乍 GT
Penang (Hokkien) 糋
Singapore (Hokkien) 糋
Manila (Hokkien) 糋
Chaozhou 炸
Wu Shanghai 炸, 氽, 煠
Suzhou 氽, 煠
Wuxi 煠
Hangzhou 煠, 氽
Ningbo 煠, 氽
Zhenhai 煠
Fenghua 煠
Zhoushan 煠
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 乍 – see 作 (“to get up; to get up and go to work; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient variant form of 作).

Etymology 4
For pronunciation and definitions of 乍 – see 榨 (“to press or extract juices; to squeeze; press to extract juices; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 榨).
Notes:

Further reading

Japanese

Kanji
乍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. Although

Readings

As an alternative form of 作:

Korean

Hanja

乍 (eumhun 잠깐 사 (jamkkan sa))

  1. (for) a short time

References

Vietnamese

Han character

乍: Hán Nôm readings: chạ, sạ, cha, sã, chả

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References
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