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楂

chá / zhā
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 raft
  2. 2 stubble; tree stump
  3. 3 to fell trees

Characters

楂
chá
raft

Examples

HSK 6
诗中写了岸边一只盘楂渡急流。
Shī zhōng xiě le ànbiān yì zhī pán chá dù jíliú.
The poem describes a small raft crossing the rapids by the riverbank.
HSK 7-9
收割后，田里留着硬楂。
Shōugē hòu, tiánlǐ liú zhe yìng chá.
After the harvest, hard stubble was left standing in the field.

Tips

usage
楂 in this literary reading means a raft, or the stubble/stump left after cutting, and by extension to fell trees. It is a variant of 槎. The everyday reading is 楂 in 山楂.

Components

radical
木 mù
tree; wood
Left tree radical 木, a pictograph of a tree. It marks 楂 as a woody plant, the hawthorn in 山楂.
phonetic
查 chá
to check; investigate
Right side 查 is the phonetic element. It carries the chá reading directly and a related zhā reading, matching both readings of this character.

Stroke Order

楂 chá