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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

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.
诗中写了岸边一只盘楂渡急流。
Shīzhōng xiě le ànbiān yìzhī pán chá dù jíliú.
The poem describes a small raft crossing the rapids by the riverbank.

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 (here phonetic)
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