chá

raft

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

wood

差 sound component

  Sound component

chàchāchāi

  

to differ

Evolution

槎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
槎 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chá

raft; time, occasion; to hew; a raft made of bamboo or wood; to fell trees