Chinese Character 查 Meanings and components.

Form

查

Meaning

查 meaning[3] in English

Surname Zha.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 查 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and dawn (旦)

Its radical[1] is: 木 (mu4) which means: Surname Mu, .木mu4surname Mu

In cangjie it is written with DAM

How to write 查

To write查cha2surname Zha you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 旦dan4dawn arranged in a 吕 shape:

木 + 旦 = 查

查 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 查 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 查, looks as follow:

查
Pinyin:cha2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Zha
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
旦
Pinyin:dan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Dawn . Morning . Daybreak . Day . Dan, Female Roles In Chinese Opera (Traditionally Played By Specialized Male Actors)
日
Pinyin:ri4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For 日本[Ri4 Ben3], Japan
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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