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chá
1. to research
2. to check
3. to investigate
4. to examine
5. to refer to
6. to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

查
chá
to investigate, to examine, to look into
HSK 3 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

侦查
zhēnchá
to detect
备查
bèichá
for future reference
加查
Jiāchá
Gyaca county, Tibetan: Rgya tsha rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture [[山南地區|山南地区<Shānnándìqū>]], Tibet
勘查
kānchá
variant of [[勘察<kānchá>]]
严查
yánchá
to investigate strictly
审查
shěnchá
to examine
HSK 6
巡查
xúnchá
to patrol
复查
fùchá
rechecking
彻查
chèchá
to investigate thoroughly
扣查
kòuchá
to detain and question
抄查
chāochá
to search and confiscate
抽查
chōuchá
random inspection
排查
páichá
to inspect
探查
tànchá
to examine
搜查
sōuchá
to search
普查
pǔchá
census
查出
cháchū
to find out
查勘
chákān
to investigate
查哨
cháshào
to check the sentries
查问
cháwèn
to inquire about

Alternate Entries

查
Zhā
surname Zha
查
zhā
see [[山查<shānzhā>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
458
Word Frequency Rank
251 of 84,292

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