Read Edit View history 察 cháChá HSK3 examine Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 祭 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "eaves". The meaning later shifted to "observe from above", "examine", and "inspect". Pinyin Separate values with commas chá × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 察 Simp strokes 察 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 察 Simp strokes 察 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 察 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 445, 845 ], [ 525, 804 ], [ 544, 778 ] ], [ [ 253, 739 ], [ 261, 704 ], [ 246, 669 ], [ 215, 622 ], [ 206, 574 ] ], [ [ 288, 682 ], [ 428, 709 ], [ 597, 732 ], [ 685, 742 ], [ 738, 737 ], [ 756, 724 ], [ 768, 703 ], [ 702, 642 ] ], [ [ 326, 646 ], [ 343, 611 ], [ 324, 578 ], [ 259, 508 ], [ 198, 471 ] ], [ [ 328, 545 ], [ 349, 555 ], [ 412, 563 ], [ 432, 559 ], [ 445, 540 ], [ 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