Read Edit View history 插 chā HSK5 insert Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 臿 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas chā × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 扌 is a component form of 手. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 插 Simp strokes 插 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts using a pestle (午) to grind grain to be separated from its husk in a mortar (臼). Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 插 Simp strokes 插 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 插 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 119, 548 ], [ 181, 548 ], [ 342, 595 ], [ 386, 597 ] ], [ [ 266, 825 ], [ 293, 808 ], [ 313, 786 ], [ 306, 519 ], [ 312, 120 ], [ 306, 89 ], [ 289, 57 ], [ 243, 71 ], [ 174, 104 ], [ 172, 110 ], [ 162, 110 ] ], [ [ 62, 263 ], [ 109, 261 ], [ 252, 370 ], [ 375, 453 ] ], [ [ 762, 728 ], [ 695, 739 ], [ 621, 694 ], [ 521, 653 ], [ 512, 654 ], [ 506, 647 ], [ 486, 647 ], [ 477, 638 ] ], [ [ 401, 480 ], [ 460, 477 ], [ 594, 507 ], [ 821, 544 ], [ 883, 542 ], [ 917, 532 ] ], [ [ 592, 652 ], [ 617, 641 ], [ 633, 620 ], [ 638, 559 ], [ 636, 123 ], [ 616, 105 ] ], [ [ 577, 382 ], [ 547, 392 ], [ 472, 336 ], [ 472, 324 ] ], [ [ 406, 335 ], [ 438, 305 ], [ 488, 35 ] ], [ [ 489, 214 ], [ 496, 225 ], [ 521, 233 ], [ 563, 239 ], [ 584, 235 ] ], [ [ 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268 101 Q 259 94 236 101 Q 211 107 185 112 Q 152 122 155 112 Q 156 105 177 91 Q 244 42 262 12 Q 283 -22 299 -23 Q 312 -23 327 11 Q 345 57 342 130 Q 332 269 330 406 L 330 435 Q 329 501 331 564 L 333 620 Q 333 714 351 777 Q 367 808 312 829 Q 278 848 259 841 Q 241 834 257 811 Q 279 784 281 750 Q 282 734 283 603 L 283 551 Q 283 490 282 406 L 282 366 Z", "M 282 406 Q 68 282 67 280 Q 52 274 50 265 Q 50 256 64 243 Q 83 230 105 222 Q 120 218 130 230 Q 217 317 282 366 L 330 406 Q 340 415 352 422 Q 371 434 381 448 Q 387 461 376 460 Q 370 460 330 435 L 282 406 Z", "M 621 670 Q 696 703 753 714 Q 769 715 773 723 Q 777 733 765 745 Q 744 761 701 778 Q 685 785 672 784 Q 665 780 664 770 Q 664 731 473 644 Q 467 635 474 632 Q 492 632 573 656 Q 576 657 583 658 L 621 670 Z", "M 663 499 Q 744 512 863 517 Q 918 517 925 527 Q 929 539 913 551 Q 859 588 792 566 Q 737 554 663 537 L 612 527 Q 515 509 403 489 Q 384 486 398 471 Q 423 447 473 459 Q 536 480 612 491 L 663 499 Z", "M 661 102 Q 661 324 663 499 L 663 537 Q 663 573 665 609 Q 672 628 662 640 Q 640 659 621 670 C 596 686 571 686 583 658 Q 608 601 611 559 Q 611 540 612 527 L 612 491 Q 612 382 612 94 C 612 64 661 72 661 102 Z", "M 466 315 Q 538 357 575 372 Q 590 375 587 384 Q 584 397 570 414 Q 557 430 539 434 Q 527 435 526 419 Q 527 404 456 333 C 435 312 440 300 466 315 Z", "M 504 77 Q 503 96 499 118 Q 489 169 483 206 L 478 234 Q 468 294 467 312 Q 466 313 466 315 C 464 330 464 330 456 333 Q 443 339 413 345 Q 400 349 397 343 Q 390 337 399 321 Q 435 237 452 104 Q 453 64 476 36 Q 494 14 499 29 Q 502 39 503 52 L 504 77 Z", "M 483 206 Q 538 218 581 224 Q 603 230 594 241 Q 582 254 558 256 Q 527 259 478 234 C 451 221 454 200 483 206 Z", "M 777 76 Q 777 69 781 59 Q 787 43 800 45 Q 813 48 820 63 Q 841 99 863 261 Q 878 313 913 343 Q 931 359 914 374 Q 896 390 846 415 Q 833 424 790 411 Q 747 402 703 390 Q 690 390 687 385 Q 684 381 698 372 Q 722 360 754 367 Q 805 376 810 374 Q 826 365 820 316 Q 816 294 813 273 L 808 239 Q 793 148 784 110 L 777 76 Z", "M 813 273 Q 792 283 699 252 Q 683 249 702 234 Q 708 230 721 231 Q 769 237 808 239 C 838 241 841 263 813 273 Z", "M 612 94 Q 554 87 504 77 C 475 71 474 58 503 52 Q 516 48 539 50 Q 675 66 777 76 C 807 79 813 102 784 110 Q 763 120 661 102 L 612 94 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.