搽 chá smear Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 茶 represents the sound. Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 扌 is a component form of 手. 茶 茶 Sound component chá tea Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangrlaː Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang