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楂

chá

Character

What 楂 means

1. fell trees
2. raft
3. to hew

Other readings

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

• zhāChinese hawthorn

Words containing 楂

• 山楂shān zhāChinese hawthorn (Crataegus pinnatifida)
• 欧楂ōu zhāmedlar (Mespilus germanica)
• 山楂糕shān zhā gāohaw jelly, a sweet jelly popular in northern China, made from Chinese hawthorn fruit
• 榠楂míng zhāChinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis)

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
• 喳chāused in 喳喳
• 碴cháfault; glass fragment; quarrel
• 揸zhāto stretch fingers out
• 猹cháBadger-like wild animal

Characters that look like 楂

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

• 幅fúwidth; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
• 榜bǎngnotice or announcement; list of names; public roll of successful examinees
• 镁měimagnesium (chemistry)
• 槛kǎndoor sill; threshold
• 楷jiēChinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis)
• 棣dìKerria japonica

Sounds the same

Read chá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 茶tea; tea plant
• 查to research; to check; to investigate
• 察to examine; to inquire; to observe
• 茬stubble (crop residue); stubble (hair growth); classifier for a batch of sth produced…
• 叉to cross; be stuck
• 搽to apply (ointment, powder); to smear; to paint on
• 碴fault; glass fragment; quarrel
• 槎a raft made of bamboo or wood; to fell trees; to hew
• 檫Chinese sassafras; Sassafras tzumu
• 猹Badger-like wild animal
• 𥻗(bound form) coarsely ground maize
• 垞mound; small hill; (used in place names)