Pinyin Syllable
Chinese characters pronounced zha
Learn common Chinese characters pronounced zha, including 查 chá / zhā, 炸 zhá / zhà, 扎 zhā / zā / zhá, 眨 zhǎ, 诈 zhà. Compare tones, meanings…
How to Pronounce This Syllable
For zha, curl the tongue back on zh and join it smoothly to a; keep it as a single syllable and hold the tone steady.
Initial zh
Put the tongue slightly curled back. Do not pronounce it like English “j”.
Final a
Settle the final a into a steady mouth shape first, then lay the tone on top.
Study Tip
Start with the most common characters (查 chá / zhā, 炸 zhá / zhà, 扎 zhā / zā / zhá, 眨 zhǎ, 诈 zhà) and lock in their tones. 5 common characters share the sound zha, so lean on words to tell the rest apart.
Learn by Tone
zha turns up here with 4 different tones; a change of tone usually means a different character, so the groups below are split by tone.
1st tone
Taking the 1st tone here: 扎 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
2nd tone
Taking the 2nd tone here: 查, 炸 (2 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
3rd tone
Taking the 3rd tone here: 眨 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
4th tone
Taking the 4th tone here: 诈 (1 in total). Lock this tone in your ear before the meaning.
Common Words With This Sound
Seeing zha inside whole words makes it clear which character is meant — here are common ones.
Characters
5 common characters in this group.