Dong Chinese dictionary

chá, zhā

investigate

Original meaning:

hawthorn tree

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "hawthorn tree", now written as 柤. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù

tree

且 Sound component

qiě

moreover

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 且 than it was in ancient scripts.

Definitions

查

chá

investigate, examine, seek into; to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)

查

Zhā

surname Zha

查

zhā

see 山查[shānzhā]

Most common words with 查

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	调查	inquiry
	检查	inspection
	查	to check
	搜查	to search
	查看	to look over

Component uses

Sound component in 8 characters (0 verified)

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

漢語多功能字庫

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