怎
how
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,315 U+600E
How 怎 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
心 (semantic, “heart”) + 乍 (phonetic, zhà)
How to remember it
how? · Heisig RSH #938
saw + 心 heart
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 乍
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 乍 (zhà) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乍 sound component | zhà | first time, for the first time, suddenly |
| 诈 | zhà | to cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous |
| 窄 | zhǎi | narrow, tight; narrow-minded |
| 咋 | zǎ | question-forming particle: why? what? how?; to bite; loud |
| 蚱 | zhà | grasshopper; locust, cicada |
| 昨 | zuó | yesterday; formerly, in the past |
| 柞 | zuò | beech, oak; evergreen; to clear away trees |
| 酢 | zuò | a toast to the host |
| 怍 | zuò | ashamed |
| 祚 | zuò | throne; happiness, blessings |
| 舴 | zé | dinghy, small boat |
| 苲 | zhǎ | hornwort |
| 迮 | zé | to press; hasty; cramped |
| 痄 | zhà | scrofulous swellings or lumps |
| 砟 | zhǎ | stone tablet; monument |
| 笮 | zé | boards that support roof tiles |
| 胙 | zuò | meat offered in sacrifice to one's ancestors |
| 阼 | zuò | the steps leading to the eastern door |
Words containing 怎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不管怎样 | bù guǎn zěn yàng | in any case; no matter what |
| 怎一个愁字了得 | zěn yī gè chóu zì liǎo dé | (last line of the poem 聲聲慢|声声慢[Sheng1 sheng1 Man4] by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照[Li3 Qing1 … |
| 怎么回事 | zěn me huí shì | what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's… |
| 怎么得了 | zěn me dé liǎo | how can this be?; what's to be done?; what an awful mess! |
| 不怎么样 | bù zěn me yàng | not up to much; very indifferent; nothing great about it; nothing good to be said about it |
| 此话怎讲 | cǐ huà zěn jiǎng | How do you mean?; How could that be the case?; How so? |
| 怎生 | zěn shēng | how; why |
| 不怎么 | bù zěn me | not very; not particularly |
| 怎能 | zěn néng | how can? |
| 怎么着 | zěn me zhāo | what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5] |
| 怎么了 | zěn me le | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? |
| 怎么了 | zěn me le | variant of 怎麼了|怎么了[zen3 me5 le5] |
| 怎的 | zěn de | what for; why; how |
| 怎么办 | zěn me bàn | what's to be done |
| 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? |
| 怎么搞的 | zěn me gǎo de | How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? |
| 怎样 | zěn yàng | how; what kind |
| 再怎么 | zài zěn me | no matter how ... |
| 怎么说呢 | zěn me shuō ne | Why is that?; How come? |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how?; what?; why? |