擦 cā HSK4 wipe Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 察 represents the sound. Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 扌 is a component form of 手. 察 察 Sound component chá examine Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangsʰlaːd Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang