查

chá

verb HSK 2 #468

Meanings

Wood radical 木 + 且 (moreover) — examining things one by one, as if checking items on a wooden rack

Wǒ chá yíxià zhège zì.

Let me look up this character.

Jǐngchá zài chá zhè jiàn shì.

The police are investigating this matter.

Wǒ chá yíxià zìdiǎn.

Let me check the dictionary.

usage

查 covers looking things up (in a dictionary, online), investigating (police work), and checking/inspecting (documents, tickets).

查 chá