漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
査: investigate
JLPT N29 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
木 carries the meaning · 且 gives the sound
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
サsa · on'yomi · in compounds
- 検査するけんさするinspect
- 調査するちょうさするresearch, investigate
- 捜査するそうさするinvestigate (criminal case)
- 審査するしんさするexamine
- 巡査じゅんさpoliceman
- 捜査そうさ
- 調査ちょうさ
- 検査けんさ
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)木 wood (meaning) + 且 (sound)
It represents the idea of a raft made from assembled wood. The original character is 楂.
Source: Wiktionary, 査 (rev. 92255867), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
且
Also built on moreover (且)
The 且 family reads ソ (so); 査 is read サ.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side査 investigate · 木
vs租 tariff · 禾In ChineseSimplified 查 · traditional, as in Japanese · chá
Japan keeps the traditional form 査; mainland China simplifies it to 查.
- Simplified
- 查 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 査 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chá most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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