Kanji Detail for 乍 - "suddenly, while"

乍

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
乍 means "suddenly, while."
1. Suddenly - Abruptly; unexpectedly; all at once.
2. While - During; in the course of.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

though; notwithstanding; while; during; both; all

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

first time, for the first time

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

at first; suddenly; abruptly; to spread; (of hair) to stand on end; bristling

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

first time, for the first time, suddenly

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Suddenly. A sense of abruptness. (Mencius) "When people suddenly see a child about to fall into a well."
Onyomi

sa(さ)

saku(さく)
Kunyomi

nagara

tachima.chi(たちまち)
Strokes

5 strokes
Radical

丿 (no・haraibo)
Related Keywords
suddenly abruptly unexpectedly once course