cházhā

investigate

Original meaning: 

hawthorn tree

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

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

且 sound component

  Sound component

qiě

  

moreover

Definitions

 

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)

 

Zhā

surname Zha

 

zhā

see 山查[shān​zhā]

Most common words with 查
Freq.
Word
Meaning

调查

inquiry

检查

inspection

to check

搜查

to search

查看

to look over

Component uses

Sound component in 8 characters (0 verified)