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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)

清查
qīngchá
to investigate thoroughly
稽查
jīchá
inspection
查点
chádiǎn
to check
检查
jiǎnchá
inspection
HSK 3
澈查
chèchá
variant of [[徹查|彻查<chèchá>]]
盘查
pánchá
to interrogate
查处
cháchǔ
to investigate and handle (a criminal case)
查铺
chápù
to conduct a bed check
查调
chádiào
inquiry
查办
chábàn
to investigate and handle (a criminal case)
查验
cháyàn
inspection
勘查
kānchá
variant of [[勘察<kānchá>]]
理查
Lǐchá
Richard (name)
监查
jiānchá
to supervise
查禁
chájìn
to prohibit
查考
chákǎo
to examine
查询
cháxún
to check
查核
cháhé
to check
巡查
xúnchá
to patrol
查证
cházhèng
investigate

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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