查岗 chágǎng check up Origin Definitions Defs 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 岗 gǎng, gāng post Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 冈 represents the sound. Simplified form of 崗. Components 山 山 Meaning component shān mountain 冈 冈 Sound component gāng ridge or crest of hill Sources Readings & variants Unicode 崗 gǎng, gāng post Traditional Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 岡 represents the sound. Components 山 山 Meaning component shān mountain 岡 岡 Sound component gāng ridge or crest of hill Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangklaːŋ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang