Read Edit View history 查 cháZhā HSK2 investigate Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 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. 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 查 Simp strokes 查 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 查 Simp strokes 查 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 查 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 239, 625 ], [ 297, 614 ], [ 524, 645 ], [ 669, 672 ], [ 716, 673 ], [ 755, 664 ] ], [ [ 468, 832 ], [ 488, 821 ], [ 515, 786 ], [ 502, 471 ], [ 509, 417 ] ], [ [ 476, 610 ], [ 380, 491 ], [ 324, 441 ], [ 238, 380 ], [ 149, 340 ] ], [ [ 533, 615 ], [ 565, 573 ], [ 619, 526 ], [ 707, 457 ], [ 766, 420 ], [ 818, 405 ], [ 955, 391 ] ], [ [ 313, 340 ], [ 336, 323 ], [ 357, 294 ], [ 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