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CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67E5

[U+67E4]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+67E6]

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order
 

Han characterEdit

(Kangxi radical 75, +5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木日一 (DAM), four-corner 40107, composition )

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 520, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14643
  • Dae Jaweon: page 908, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1181, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+67E5

ChineseEdit

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts
 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː): semantic (wood) + phonetic (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa)

Pronunciation 1Edit


Note:
  • Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan:
    • châ/chhâ - literary;
    • cha - colloquial variant.
  • Zhangzhou:
    • chêe - vernacular;
    • châ - literary;
    • chee - colloquial variant.
  • (Teochew)
  • Wu

  • Rime
    Character
    Reading # 2/2
    Initial () (20)
    Final () (98)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () II
    Fanqie
    Baxter dzrae
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /d͡ʒˠa/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ɖ͡ʐᵚa/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /d͡ʒa/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ɖ͡ʐaɨ/
    Li
    Rong
    /d͡ʒa/
    Wang
    Li
    /d͡ʒa/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /ɖ͡ʐʱa/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    chá
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    caa4
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 2/3
    No. 10391
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*zraː/
    Notes

    DefinitionsEdit

    1. (alt. form ) Original form of (chá, “wooden raft”).
    2. to investigate; to examine; to look into; to probe
      激素六項激素六项  ―  chá jīsù liù xiàng  ―  to check the levels of the six female sex hormones
    3. to look up something in; to search in; to consult
      詞典词典  ―  chá cídiǎn  ―  to go look in the dictionary; to go consult the dictionary
      字典 [Cantonese]  ―  heoi3 caa4 zi6 din2 [Jyutping]  ―  to go look in a character dictionary
    SynonymsEdit
    • (to consult):

    CompoundsEdit

    Pronunciation 2Edit



    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/3
    No. 10383
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ʔsraː/
    Notes

    DefinitionsEdit

    1. Alternative form of (zhā, “hawthorn”).
    2. a surname
        ―  Zhā Liángyōng  ―  Louis Cha (Chinese novelist, better known by his pen name Jin Yong)
    3. (dialectal) I; me
    SynonymsEdit
    • (me): (zán)

    CompoundsEdit

    Pronunciation 3Edit



    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2
    Initial () (20)
    Final () (31)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () II
    Fanqie
    Baxter dzrea
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /d͡ʒˠɛ/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ɖ͡ʐᵚæ/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /d͡ʒæi/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /ɖ͡ʐaɨj/
    Li
    Rong
    /d͡ʒɛ/
    Wang
    Li
    /d͡ʒai/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /ɖ͡ʐʱai/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    chái
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    caai4
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 3/3
    No. 10394
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*zraː/

    DefinitionsEdit

    1. (colloquial) government official

    CompoundsEdit

    ReferencesEdit

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    1. investigate, inspect

    ReadingsEdit

    • Go-on: しゃ (sha); じゃ (ja)
    • Kan-on: (sa)

    Usage notesEdit

    This kanji form is not used in Japanese. The variant form is used instead.

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    (eumhun 사실할 (sasilhal sa))

    1. Alternative form of

    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    : Hán Nôm readings: tra, già

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