查

chá
#459 most
frequent character
search, check
verb

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

查 first meant 'wooden raft', with 木 'wood; tree' as the meaning part. 旦 is an emptied form of 且 qiě, which once supplied the sound. That sound link is no longer clear in Mandarin. The modern sense 'to investigate' was borrowed only for the sound.

查 as a component in other characters

sound8 characters
渣喳碴楂馇揸猹齄

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Example Sentences

我在查资料。
wǒzài chá zīliào 。
I am searching for information.
请帮我查一下这个问题。
qǐng bāng wǒ chá yīxià zhègè wèntí 。
Please help me check this question.
他查了很多书。
tā chá le hěnduō shū 。
He checked many books.

Same Characters, Different Readings

查zhā
variant of 楂[zha1]
查Zha1
surname Zha

Words with similar meanings

搜索sōusuǒ
search
More focused on finding specific information, often used in the context of searching online.
检查jiǎnchá
check
Used more for verifying or inspecting something rather than just searching.

Words Starting With 查

查获chá huò
to investigate and capture (a criminal); to ferret out; to hunt down and arrest

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