查抄 cháchāo confiscate 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 抄 chāo copy, grab Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 少 represents the sound. Components 扌 扌 Meaning component shou, shǒu hand 扌 is a component form of 手. 少 少 Sound component shǎo, shao, shào few Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangsm̥ʰreːwsm̥ʰreːws Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang
