Dong Chinese dictionary

chā

insert

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 臿 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

chā

to separate the grain from the husk

Depicts using a pestle (午) to grind grain to be separated from its husk in a mortar (臼).

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

chā

insert, stick into; plant; to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose

chā

old variant of 插[chā]

Most common words with 插

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