懂中文 Dong Chinese

喳

zhā, chā

whispering

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 查 represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

查 sound component

查  Sound component

chá, zhā

  

investigate

Definitions

喳  

zhā

whispering; (onom.) chirp, twitter, etc

喳  

chā

see 喳喳[chā​cha]

Most common words with 喳
Freq.
Word
Meaning

叽叽喳喳

(onom.) chirp

喳

whisper

喳喳

whisper

唧唧喳喳

(onom.) chattering or giggling

嘁嘁喳喳

chattering