查

See also: 査

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• 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

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Chinese

trad.		查
simp. #		查
alternative forms		査

Glyph origin

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chá (cha²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): că
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): châ / chhâ / chêe / cha / chee

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cê⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zo

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chá
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chá
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa²
    • Yale: chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: char
    • Palladius: ча (ča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caa⁴
    • Yale: chàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: că
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sa⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: châ
    • Tâi-lô: tsâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sa¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sa²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâ
    • Tâi-lô: tshâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaa
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei): /t͡sʰa²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰa²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêe
    • Tâi-lô: tsêe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɛ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha
    • Tâi-lô: tsa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sa³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chee
    • Tâi-lô: tsee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɛ⁴⁴/

Note:

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

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: cê⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshê
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰe⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶zo
    • MiniDict: zo^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zo
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zo²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzrae

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/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱa/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caa4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*zraː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	查	查
Reading #	2/3	3/3
No.	10391	10394
Phonetic component	且	且
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	楂	柴
Old Chinese	/*zraː/	/*zraː/
Notes	同楂（槎）

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 查

1. to investigate; to examine; to look into
2. to look up something in; to search in; to consult
   • 去查詞典／去查词典  ―  qù chá cídiǎn  ―  to go look in the dictionary; to consult the dictionary
   • 去查字典 [Cantonese]  ―  heoi³ caa⁴ zi⁶ din² [Jyutping]  ―  to go look in a character dictionary
3. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 槎 (chá).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhā (zha¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa¹ / caa⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): cha / chee

  (Teochew, Peng'im): za¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tso

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhā
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jha
    • Wade–Giles: cha¹
    • Yale: jā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ja
    • Palladius: чжа (čža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaa¹ / caa⁴
    • Yale: jā / chàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa¹ / tsaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: za¹ / ca⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saː⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰaː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha
    • Tâi-lô: tsa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sa³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sa⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chee
    • Tâi-lô: tsee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: za¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsa
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sa³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tso
    • MiniDict: tso^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tso
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡so⁵³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsraː/

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

(deprecated template usage) 查

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 楂 (chá, “hawthorn”).

   • 河陽查子、查條 [MSC, trad.]
     河阳查子、查条 [MSC, simp.]

     From: (deprecated template usage) 孟元老 (Meng Yuanlao), (deprecated template usage) 飲食果子, in (deprecated template usage) 東京夢華錄 (The Eastern Capital: A Dream of Splendor)

     Héyáng zhāzǐ, zhātiáo [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. a surname
3. (dialectal) I; me

Synonyms

• (me): 咱 (zán)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chái (chai²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chái
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chái
    • Wade–Giles: chʻai²
    • Yale: chái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chair
    • Palladius: чай (čaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzrea

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/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɖ͡ʐʱai/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caai4

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 查

1. ^† (colloquial) government official

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01905

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Japanese

Kanji

查

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. investigate, inspect

Readings

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

Usage notes

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

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Korean

Hanja

查 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 查 (tra, già)

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