HSK4
cā
wipe
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 察 represents the sound.
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu
hand
扌 is a component form of 手.
察 Sound component
chá
examine
擦
wipe, scrub, rub, scour; brush; to wipe; to erase; rubbing (brush stroke in painting); to clean; to polish
to wipe
摩擦
friction
擦伤
to abrade
擦肩而过
brief encounter
擦掉
Make Me a Hanzi
Unicode
Dong Chinese
CC-CEDICT
SUBTLEX-CH
MTSU Chinese text computing
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