chá
harvest
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 在 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
chá
harvest; stubble land after crop has been taken; a second crop obtained by rotation of land; an opportunity
Most common words with 茬
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
an opportunity | ||
to pick fault with | ||
topic | ||
an opportunity | ||
rotation of crops |
Sources