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锸

chā

Character Traditional 鍤

What 锸 means

1. spade
2. shovel

Characters built on 臿

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

• 插chāto insert; stick in; pierce
• 歃shàto drink

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
• 喳used in 喳喳
• 嚓used in 咔嚓; Taiwan pr. cā
• 差difference; discrepancy; (math) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction)…
• 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)