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investigate

HSK 2
chá
sa
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
tree+ moreover =
investigate
Meaning component
tree
Phonetic component
qiě moreover
moreover, also (post-subject)
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Notes
Chinese
[Zhā]
surname Zha
[chá]
to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)
[zhā]
see 山查[shān​zhā]
Example Sentences