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镲

chǎ

cymbals

🔤 Pictophonetic: 钅 (bell) provides meaning, 察 provides pronunciation

HSK 19 strokes Uncommon (76%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

to examine, to investigate, to observe

⿰钅察 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

jīn

钅

gold, metal; money

📷 Pictographic: A cast-iron bell; compare 金

5 strokes

chá

察

to examine, to investigate, to observe

🔤 Pictophonetic: 宀 (roof) provides meaning, 祭 provides pronunciation

14 strokes HSK 4

gài

宀

roof; house

3 strokes

jì

祭

to sacrifice to, to worship

💡 Ideographic: Hand 寸 holding meat ⺼ over an altar 示

11 strokes

⿰⺼寸

Radical component

shì

示

altar; ceremony; to show, to demonstrate

📷 Pictographic: An altar

5 strokes HSK 4

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

xiǎo

小

small, tiny, insignificant

💡 Ideographic: Dividing 八 by a line 亅

3 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 镲 (2)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

(dialect) to joke / to make fun of (sb)

dǎchǎ

打镲 ↗

(dialect) to joke / to make fun of (sb)