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诧

chà

HSK 6 Character Traditional 詫

What 诧 means

1. to be surprised
2. to be astonished

Words starting with 诧

• 诧异chà yìflabbergasted; astonished

Words containing 诧

• 惊诧jīng chàto be surprised; to be amazed; to be stunned
• 甚感诧异shèn gǎn chà yìamazed; astonished; deeply troubled

Characters built on 宅

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

• 咤zhàused in 叱咤
• 姹chà(literary) beautiful

Characters that look like 诧

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

• 保bǎoto defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure…
• 返fǎnto return (to)
• 佩pèito respect; to wear (belt etc)
• 诡guǐ(bound form) sly; crafty; (literary) weird; bizarre; (literary) contradictory…
• 氓mángused in 流氓
• 佝gōuused in 佝偻; Taiwan pr. kòu

Sounds the same

Read chà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 差different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack
• 刹Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 刹多罗
• 岔fork in road; bifurcation; branch in road, river, mountain range etc
• 杈branches of a tree; fork of a tree
• 姹(literary) beautiful
• 叉used in 劈叉; used in 分叉
• 汊branching stream
• 侘boast; despondent
• 衩slit on either side of robe