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镲

chǎ

Character Traditional 鑔

What 镲 means

1. small cymbals

Words containing 镲

• 打镲dǎ chǎ(dialect) to joke; to make fun of (sb)
• 踩镲cǎi chǎhi-hat

Characters built on 察

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

• 擦cāto rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc)
• 嚓cā(onomatopoeia) scraping sound; ripping of fabric; screeching of tires
• 檫cháChinese sassafras; Sassafras tzumu

Sounds the same

Read chǎ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 叉to diverge; to open (as legs)
• 衩open seam of a garment; shorts; panties
• 蹅(colloquial) to trudge (in mud, snow etc)