Read Edit View history 渣 zhā HSK7 refuse Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 查 represents the sound. Components 氵 氵 Meaning component shui, shuǐ water 氵 is a component form of 水. 查 查 Sound component chá investigate Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangʔsraː Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang