澈查

澈 chè thoroughly

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

育
育 Unknown component
yù to have children
攵
攵 Unknown component
pū tap

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrjet[d]retclear, limpid
Zhengzhangded

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

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 Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsraː
zraː
zraː

Sources

Character origin
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Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang