Read Edit View history Discussion 臿 chā to separate the grain from the husk Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts using a pestle (午) to grind grain to be separated from its husk in a mortar (臼). Original form of 插. 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 Depicts a pestle. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 臿 Simp strokes 臿 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a mortar. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 臿 Simp strokes 臿 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 臿 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 669, 750 ], [ 591, 768 ], [ 523, 730 ], [ 433, 691 ], [ 270, 643 ] ], [ [ 112, 482 ], [ 170, 473 ], [ 403, 513 ], [ 809, 560 ], [ 867, 555 ], [ 915, 540 ] ], [ [ 459, 674 ], [ 505, 648 ], [ 516, 631 ], [ 508, 124 ], [ 506, 109 ], [ 485, 87 ] ], [ [ 354, 435 ], [ 368, 400 ], [ 267, 318 ], [ 266, 310 ] ], [ [ 179, 337 ], [ 216, 308 ], [ 229, 289 ], [ 254, 145 ], [ 263, 55 ], [ 287, -24 ] ], [ [ 274, 182 ], [ 291, 201 ], [ 314, 209 ], [ 382, 219 ], [ 414, 213 ] ], [ [ 582, 385 ], [ 633, 385 ], [ 738, 422 ], [ 768, 426 ], [ 799, 410 ], [ 820, 379 ], [ 762, 71 ], [ 738, 29 ], [ 680, 49 ] ], [ [ 615, 228 ], [ 739, 241 ], [ 756, 251 ] ], [ [ 300, 55 ], [ 320, 39 ], [ 629, 76 ], [ 681, 78 ], [ 714, 72 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 505 691 Q 604 730 656 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Z", "M 532 87 Q 539 420 547 509 L 549 551 Q 552 600 561 620 Q 574 642 558 657 Q 530 679 505 691 C 479 705 438 702 451 675 Q 451 672 454 668 Q 479 626 480 541 L 480 502 Q 480 303 480 79 C 480 49 531 57 532 87 Z", "M 262 301 Q 296 317 319 331 Q 376 365 405 375 Q 426 382 418 400 Q 408 418 384 434 Q 362 449 350 447 Q 338 447 341 434 Q 341 413 268 337 Q 259 330 250 319 C 230 296 235 288 262 301 Z", "M 292 60 L 290 68 Q 281 147 274 176 L 269 212 Q 265 255 263 292 Q 263 296 262 301 L 250 319 L 248 321 Q 217 342 184 349 Q 177 352 171 346 Q 162 339 173 327 Q 224 249 235 62 Q 236 2 275 -32 Q 278 -35 283 -37 Q 302 -41 303 -8 Q 303 5 301 19 L 292 60 Z", "M 274 176 Q 284 182 409 199 Q 439 206 426 222 Q 411 240 378 243 Q 330 246 269 212 C 243 198 246 166 274 176 Z", "M 673 48 Q 688 33 714 -33 Q 726 -55 746 -42 Q 782 -21 808 121 Q 844 335 860 365 Q 875 389 854 404 Q 782 464 738 443 Q 663 413 581 397 Q 571 396 571 383 Q 572 371 593 364 Q 626 355 673 374 Q 749 410 768 403 Q 778 396 778 370 Q 772 315 763 256 L 757 219 Q 733 80 722 72 C 710 44 656 73 673 48 Z", "M 763 256 Q 724 277 616 240 Q 615 240 613 239 Q 594 236 617 217 Q 624 211 639 213 Q 706 217 757 219 C 787 220 790 243 763 256 Z", "M 480 79 Q 378 66 292 60 C 262 58 271 24 301 19 Q 314 15 331 18 Q 443 39 673 48 C 703 49 743 51 722 72 Q 713 82 690 100 Q 671 112 631 105 Q 580 96 532 87 L 480 79 Z" ] } 9 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.