Dong Chinese dictionary

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). Original form of 插.

Components

午 Iconic component

wǔ

noon

Depicts a pestle.

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

臼 Iconic component

jiù

mortar

Depicts a mortar.

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

chā

to separate the grain from the husk

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

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