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查

See also: 査
查 U+67E5, 查
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67E5
← 柤
[U+67E4] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 柦 →
[U+67E6]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 
Traditional 查
Simplified 查
Japanese 査
Korean 査

Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese

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trad. 查
simp. # 查
alternative forms 査

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 查
Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Transcribed ancient scripts
 
Characters in the same phonetic series (且) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
虘 *zaːl, *zaː
蔖 *zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ
摣 *rnaː, *ʔsraː
袓 *ʔsjaː, *zaʔ
怚 *ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ
罝 *ʔsjaː
謯 *ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ
姐 *ʔsjaːʔ
抯 *ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː
飷 *ʔsjaːʔ
且 *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa
趄 *sʰjaːs, *sʰa
笡 *sʰjaːs
查 *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː
柤 *ʔsraː
樝 *ʔsraː
皻 *ʔsraː
渣 *ʔsraː
楂 *zraː
苴 *zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa
駔 *ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ
租 *ʔsaː
蒩 *ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa
祖 *ʔsaːʔ
組 *ʔsaːʔ
珇 *ʔsaːʔ
靻 *ʔsaːʔ
粗 *sʰaː, *zaːʔ
徂 *zaː
殂 *zaː
麆 *zaːʔ, *zras
伹 *zaːʔ, *sʰa
蛆 *ʔsa, *sʰa
沮 *ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra
咀 *ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ
疽 *sʰa
雎 *sʰa
狙 *sʰa, *sʰas
岨 *sʰa
砠 *sʰa
坥 *sʰa, *sʰas
刞 *sʰas
覰 *sʰas
覷 *sʰas
跙 *zaʔ
筯 *das
菹 *ʔsra
葅 *ʔsra
阻 *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
俎 *ʔsraʔ
詛 *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
鉏 *zra, *zraʔ
豠 *zra
鋤 *zra
耡 *zra, *zras
齟 *zraʔ
助 *zras

Originally written as 査, hence it is a Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː): semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa). Today, the bottom part is stylized as 旦.

It originally indicates Chinese hawthorn, also known as mountain hawthorn, today written as 山楂; it also indicates a wooden raft. The original meanings are both preserved in the syllable 楂.

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • za1 - vernacular;
  • zua1 - vernacular (“to investivate”);
  • ca2 - literary.
Note:
  • Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan:
    • châ/chhâ - literary;
    • cha - colloquial variant.
  • Zhangzhou:
    • chêe - vernacular;
    • châ - literary;
    • chee - colloquial variant.
Rime
Character 查
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 崇 (20)
Final (韻) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 鉏加切
Baxter dzrae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ʒˠa/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖ͡ʐᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡ʒa/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖ͡ʐaɨ/
Li
Rong 		/d͡ʒa/
Wang
Li 		/d͡ʒa/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɖ͡ʐʱa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chá
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		caa4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 查
Reading # 2/3
No. 10391
Phonetic
component 		且
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		楂
Old
Chinese 		/*zraː/
Notes 同楂（槎）

Definitions

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查

  1. (alt. form 槎) Original form of 楂 (chá, “wooden raft”).
  2. to investigate; to examine; to look into; to probe
    查票  ―  chápiào  ―  to check a ticket
    查電表／查电表  ―  chá diànbiǎo  ―  to read an electric meter
    查出真相  ―  chá chū zhēnxiàng  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    查無此人／查无此人  ―  chá wú cǐ rén  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    查激素六項／查激素六项  ―  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
    查詞典／查词典  ―  chá cídiǎn  ―  to look up (a word) in the dictionary
    查檔案／查档案  ―  chá dàng'àn  ―  to go consult reference materials
    你查邊本書㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    你查边本书㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 caa4 bin1 bun2 syu1 gaa3? [Jyutping]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Synonyms
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  • (to consult):
Dialectal synonyms of 查 (“to consult”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 查
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 查
Singapore 查
Cantonese Guangzhou 查
Hong Kong 查
Southern Min Shantou (Chaoyang) 查
Wu Shanghai 查

Compounds

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Pronunciation 2

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Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 查
Reading # 1/3
No. 10383
Phonetic
component 		且
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔsraː/
Notes 姓，爾雅釋文作樝或字

Definitions

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查

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

Compounds

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Pronunciation 3

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

Definitions

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查

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, colloquial) government official

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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查

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. investigate, inspect

Readings

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

Usage notes

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This character is unknown in JIS. The variant form 査 is used instead.

Korean

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Hanja

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查 (eumhun 사실할 사 (sasilhal sa))

  1. Alternative form of 査

Vietnamese

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Han character

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查: Hán Nôm readings: tra, già

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