Skip to content

榨

Tap the pinyin to hear it

to press; to extract (juice); device for extracting juice, oils etc

Make a writing worksheet

Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
14
Radical
木 +10
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
榨
Common rank
#2,901
Unicode
U+69A8

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 榨 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “tree” + 窄 sound ( zhǎi )

Components 木 窄

How to remember it

extract · Heisig RSH #2359

木 tree + 窄 strait

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 榨

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
电子榨菜 diàn zǐ zhà cài (slang) entertaining content such as Internet videos and TV shows that people watch while …
榨酒池 zhà jiǔ chí winepress
榨汁机 zhà zhī jī juicer
榨油 zhà yóu to extract oil from vegetables; to press
榨干 zhà gān (fig.) to squeeze dry; to exhaust
榨菜 zhà cài hot pickled mustard tuber
压榨 yā zhà to press; to squeeze; to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing
榨取 zhà qǔ to extract; to squeeze out (juice etc); (fig.) to exploit
现榨 xiàn zhà to extract (juice, oil etc) on the spot; freshly squeezed
榨汁 zhà zhī to juice fruit or vegetables
敲榨 qiāo zhà to press (fruit); variant of 敲詐|敲诈[qiao1 zha4]
拶榨 zā zhà to exploit (a worker)