咋 · Liu Gongquan
Zǎ / zé / zhā (three readings, three different words). Not in the Shuowen Jiezi — 咋 is a later 形聲 graph, 口 (mouth) plus 乍 as phonetic. The 康熙 gives it 8 画 (口部+5) and four old glosses, none of them elevated: 《廣韻》側革切,音窄,「大聲」 — a loud cry, ill $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart