炸 zhà to explode
Made up of [火 huǒ fire radical 86, 乍 zhà at first; suddenly; abruptly ]Made with 9 strokes.
The fire radical adds to meaning, 'zha' provides both phonetic and meaning - 'suddenly fire' - an explosion
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Also uses 火 huǒ component: 灯 dēng (lamp) 烤 kǎo (to roast) ; 灭 miè (to extinguish) ; 炮 pào (cannon) ; 秋 qiú (autumn) ; 灾 zāi (disaster)
Also uses 乍 zhà component: 怎 dìng (how) 窄 xué (narrow) ; 作 zuò (to do) ; 昨 zuó (previous)
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乍 zhà (at first)Pronunciation
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