chā

to separate the grain from the husk

Depicts using a pestle () to grind grain to be separated from its husk in a mortar (). Original form of .

Components
午 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

noon

Depicts a pestle.

臼 iconic component

  Iconic component

jiù

  

mortar

Depicts a mortar.

Evolution

臿 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
臿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
臿 Regular script Modern

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)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[tsʰ]<r>op

tsrheap

chā

pestle


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

8531st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+81FF

Shuowen

“臿,舂去麥皮也。从臼,干,所以臿之。”


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