查

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.

木+旦→查
旦DawnPhonetic
木TreeSemantic

我查了一下字典,找到了这个词的意思。

wǒ chá le yī xià zì diǎn,zhǎo dào le zhè ge cí de yì si。

I looked it up in the dictionary and found the meaning of this word.

警察正在查这件事的原因。

jǐng chá zhèng zài chá zhè jiàn shì de yuán yīn。

The police are investigating the cause of this matter.

Words with 查

身体检查

shēn tǐ jiǎn chá

see 體格檢查|体格检查[ti3 ge2 jian3 cha2]

侦查

zhēn chá

to detect

查清

chá qīng

to find out

查勘

chá kān

to investigate

查抄

chá chāo

to take inventory of and confiscate a criminal's possessions

查处

chá chǔ

to investigate and handle (a criminal case)

健康检查

jiàn kāng jiǎn chá

see 體格檢查|体格检查[ti3 ge2 jian3 cha2]

审查

shěn chá

to examine

查证

chá zhèng

to check

查核

chá hé

to check

理查

lǐ chá

(name) Richard

重查

chóng chá

to reinvestigate; to check again

More characters with 木

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