kāi​cā

wipe

kāi rub and wipe

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
jiē all

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰriːl

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

wipe

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
chá examine

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰlaːd

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang