chá

to research

to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)

Wood (木) + dawn (旦) = search and examine

旦 here is primarily phonetic, lending the chá sound; 木 (tree/wood) provides the semantic anchor — picture a wooden raft used to probe and search shallow waters, a folk etymology that sticks even if imprecise.

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DawnPhonetic
TreeSemantic

你可以一下这个字的意思。

nǐ kě yǐ chá yī xià zhè ge zì de yì si。

You can look up the meaning of this character.

医生要我的身体,看看有没有问题。

yī shēng yào chá wǒ de shēn tǐ,kàn kan yǒu méi yǒu wèn tí。

The doctor needs to examine my body to see if there are any problems.

Words with 查

查核

chá hé

to check

理查

lǐ chá

(name) Richard

重查

chóng chá

to reinvestigate; to check again

飞行检查

fēi xíng jiǎn chá

unannounced inspection

体格检查

tǐ gé jiǎn chá

physical examination

点查

diǎn chá

to inspect

走查

zǒu chá

walkthrough (computing)

中国地质调查局

zhōng guó dì zhì diào chá jú

China Geological Survey (CGS)

人口普查

rén kǒu pǔ chá

census

人口调查

rén kǒu diào chá

census

健康检查

jiàn kāng jiǎn chá

see 體格檢查|体格检查[ti3 ge2 jian3 cha2]

侦查

zhēn chá

to detect

More characters with 木