Zi:怎
怎 [zěn] (怎么 zěnme) how; (HDZ:) (代词) 如何, 怎么
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The character 怎 zěn ‘how’ combines 心 (xīn) ‘heart/feeling’, and 乍(𠆦) zhà ‘suddenly’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 乍.
“[怎] Vulgar character [(俗字)]: 乍 bewildered in 心 the mind” —Karlgren(AD).
Compare: 作 zuò, 昨 zuó, 炸 zhà, 窄 zhǎi.
►references: Wieger:10f; Karlgren:AD1151; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:4.2280.10; Mathews:6762; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:379.17; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:120.0.09
►components: 心乍
►Cantonese: jam/
<cdl char='怎' uni='600E' points='0,0 128,124'>
<comp char='乍' uni='4E4D' points='8,0 120,86' />
<comp char='心' uni='5FC3' points='0,94 128,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='乍' uni='4E4D' radical='D1'>
<stroke type='p' points='34,0 0,64' />
<stroke type='h' points='24,32 128,32' head='cut' />
<stroke type='s' points='46,32 46,128' head='cut' />
<stroke type='h' points='46,64 108,64' head='cut' />
<stroke type='h' points='46,96 116,96' head='cut' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='心' uni='5FC3' points='0,12 128,114'>
<stroke type='d' points='12,26 0,98' />
<comp char='' uni='E769' points='39,0 128,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='' uni='E769' points='12,12 128,114' radical='K0'>
<stroke type='swg' points='0,20 0,91 33,128 93,128 93,68' />
<stroke type='d' points='40,0 59,63' />
<stroke type='d' points='108,20 128,86' />
</cdl>
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Unicode: U+600E
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