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喳

chā

Character

What 喳 means

1. used in {喳喳|chā chā} and {喳喳|chā cha}

Other readings

喳 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhāchirp, twitter, etc

Words starting with 喳

• 喳喳chā chā(onomatopoeia) whisper

Words containing 喳

• 叽叽喳喳jī jī zhā zhā(onomatopoeia) chirp; twitter; buzzing
• 唧唧喳喳jī jī zhā zhā(onomatopoeia) chattering or giggling
• 嘁嘁喳喳qī qi chā chāchattering

Characters built on 查

These share the phonetic component 查 (chá), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 渣zhāslag (in mining or smelting); dregs
• 碴cháfault; glass fragment; quarrel
• 楂cháfell trees; raft; to hew
• 揸zhāto stretch fingers out
• 猹cháBadger-like wild animal

Characters that look like 喳

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 唾tuòsaliva; to spit
• 嗦suōto suck; used in 啰嗦; used in 哆嗦
• 嗤chīlaugh at; jeer; scoff at
• 啫zhěused in 啫哩
• 嗖sōu(onomatopoeia) whooshing; swishing; rustle of skirts
• 喹kuíused in 喹啉

Sounds the same

Read chā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 插to insert; stick in; pierce
• 叉fork; pitchfork; prong
• 杈fork of a tree; pitchfork
• 嚓used in 咔嚓; Taiwan pr. cā
• 差difference; discrepancy; (math) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction)…
• 锸spade; shovel
• 扠to fork
• 臿to separate the grain from the husk
• 艖raft; boat
• 馇to cook and stir (animal feed); (colloquial) to simmer (porridge etc)