查找 cházhǎo HSK7 look up Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 查 chá investigate Original meaning: hawthorn tree Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "hawthorn tree", now written as 柤. The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Components 木 木 Meaning component mù tree 且 且 Sound component qiě moreover Change in form Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 且 than it was in ancient scripts. Component uses Sound (0 of 8 verified) 渣喳碴楂馇揸猹齄 Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangʔsraːzraːzraː Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 找 zhǎo search Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 戈 represents the sound. Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 扌 is a component form of 手. 戈 戈 Sound component gē spear Change in sound 找 and 戈 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese. 找 ʔsruːʔ 戈 *kʷˤaj Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangʔsruːʔ Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang
