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碴

chá

Character

What 碴 means

1. fault
2. glass fragment
3. quarrel

Words containing 碴

• 冰碴bīng cháice shards
• 拉碴lā chā(of beard etc) stubbly; scraggly; unkempt
• 道碴dào chá(railway) ballast
• 胡碴hú chābeard stubble; Taiwan pr. hú chá
• 找碴儿zhǎo chá rto pick a quarrel; to find fault; nitpicking
• 不对碴儿bù duì chá rnot proper; not fit for the occasion
• 找碴zhǎo chávariant of 找茬
• 接碴jiē chávariant of 接茬

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
• 楂cháfell trees; raft; to hew
• 揸zhāto stretch fingers out
• 猹cháBadger-like wild animal

Characters that look like 碴

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

• 磋cuō(old) to polish bones, horns, ivory etc into tools; (bound form) to deliberate; to consult
• 碳tàncarbon (chemistry)
• 踏tàto tread; to stamp; to step on
• 磅bàngscale (instrument for weighing); to weigh; (loanword) pound…
• 碌lùused in 劳碌; used in 庸碌; used in 骨碌
• 楂cháfell trees; raft; to hew

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
• 楂fell trees; raft; to hew
• 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)