# 查

| 查 | U+67E5, &#26597; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-67E5 |
| ← 柤 [U+67E4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 柦 → [U+67E6] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 查 |
| Simplified | 查 |
| Japanese | 査 |
| Korean | 査 |

### Han character

查 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 木日一 (DAM), four-corner 4010$_7$, composition ⿱木旦)

#### Derived characters

* 喳 㜁 嵖 揸 楂 渣 猹 碴 𥻗 蹅 餷(馇) 齄 皶 㾴 𣉎 𬊩 𦉆 𮅤 𬠜 𮖕 𨩨(𬭠) 𪃵 𪙁 𦳘 𩮎 (Depending on regions and/or fonts, in some characters, 查 can appear as 査)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 520, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14643
* Dae Jaweon: page 908, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1181, character 7
* Unihan data for U+67E5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 查
* Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
* Transcribed ancient scripts
| | Old Chinese |
| 虘 | *zaːl, *zaː |
| 蔖 | *zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ |
| 摣 | *rnaː, *ʔsraː |
| 袓 | *ʔsjaː, *zaʔ |
| 怚 | *ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ |
| 罝 | *ʔsjaː |
| 謯 | *ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ |
| 姐 | *ʔsjaːʔ |
| 抯 | *ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː |
| 飷 | *ʔsjaːʔ |
| 且 | *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa |
| 趄 | *sʰjaːs, *sʰa |
| 笡 | *sʰjaːs |
| 查 | *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː |
| 柤 | *ʔsraː |
| 樝 | *ʔsraː |
| 皻 | *ʔsraː |
| 渣 | *ʔsraː |
| 楂 | *zraː |
| 苴 | *zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa |
| 駔 | *ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ |
| 租 | *ʔsaː |
| 蒩 | *ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa |
| 祖 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 組 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 珇 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 靻 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 粗 | *sʰaː, *zaːʔ |
| 徂 | *zaː |
| 殂 | *zaː |
| 麆 | *zaːʔ, *zras |
| 伹 | *zaːʔ, *sʰa |
| 蛆 | *ʔsa, *sʰa |
| 沮 | *ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra |
| 咀 | *ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ |
| 疽 | *sʰa |
| 雎 | *sʰa |
| 狙 | *sʰa, *sʰas |
| 岨 | *sʰa |
| 砠 | *sʰa |
| 坥 | *sʰa, *sʰas |
| 刞 | *sʰas |
| 覰 | *sʰas |
| 覷 | *sʰas |
| 跙 | *zaʔ |
| 筯 | *das |
| 菹 | *ʔsra |
| 葅 | *ʔsra |
| 阻 | *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras |
| 俎 | *ʔsraʔ |
| 詛 | *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras |
| 鉏 | *zra, *zraʔ |
| 豠 | *zra |
| 鋤 | *zra |
| 耡 | *zra, *zras |
| 齟 | *zraʔ |
| 助 | *zras |
Originally written as 査, hence it is a Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː): semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa). Today, the bottom part is stylized as 旦.
It originally indicates Chinese hawthorn, also known as mountain hawthorn, today written as 山楂; it also indicates a wooden raft. The original meanings are both preserved in the syllable 楂.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chá (cha$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caa$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhà
* Eastern Min (BUC): că
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): za$^1$ / zua$^1$ / ca$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): châ / chhâ / chêe / cha / chee
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cê$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zo
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chá
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chá
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^2$
*** Yale: chá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: char
*** Palladius: ча (ča)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caa$^4$
*** Yale: chàh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ca$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaː²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhà
*** Hakka Romanization System: ca$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ca$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: că
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sa⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: za$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sa⁵³³/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zua$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sua⁵³³/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ca$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰa¹³/
* za1 - vernacular;
* zua1 - vernacular (“to investivate”);
* ca2 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: dzrae
Rime :
| Character | 查 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 崇 (20) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 鉏加切 |
| Baxter | dzrae |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʒˠa/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɖ͡ʐᵚa/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʒa/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɖ͡ʐaɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ʒa/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡ʒa/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɖ͡ʐʱa/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chá |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | caa$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*zraː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 查 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| No. | 10391 |
| Phonetic component | 且 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 楂 |
| Old Chinese | /*zraː/ |
| Notes | 同楂（槎） |

#### Definitions

查
* (alt. form 槎) Original form of 楂 (chá, “wooden raft”).
* to investigate; to examine; to look into; to probe
    查票 ― chápiào ― to check a ticket
    查電表／查电表 ― chá diànbiǎo ― to read an electric meter
    查出真相 ― chá chū zhēnxiàng ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    查無此人／查无此人 ― chá wú cǐ rén ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    查激素六項／查激素六项 ― chá jīsù liù xiàng ― to check the levels of the six female sex hormones
* to look up something in; to search in; to consult
    查詞典／查词典 ― chá cídiǎn ― to look up (a word) in the dictionary
    查檔案／查档案 ― chá dàng'àn ― to go consult reference materials
       nei$^5$ caa$^4$ bin$^1$ bun$^2$ syu$^1$ gaa$^3$? [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)

##### Synonyms

* (to consult):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 查 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 查 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 查 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 查 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 查 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 查 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 查 |

#### Compounds

* 不查梨
* 健康檢查 / 健康检查
* 偵查 / 侦查 (zhēnchá)
* 偵查終結 / 侦查终结
* 備查 / 备查 (bèichá)
* 切片檢查 / 切片检查
* 刑事調查 / 刑事调查
* 勘查 (kānchá)
* 問卷調查 / 问卷调查 (wènjuàn diàochá)
* 嚴查 / 严查 (yánchá)
* 國富調查 / 国富调查
* 夢夢查查 / 梦梦查查
* 存查 (cúnchá)
* 密查
* 審查 / 审查 (shěnchá)
* 尋查 / 寻查 (xúnchá)
* 工作抽查
* 工礦檢查 / 工矿检查
* 市場調查 / 市场调查 (shìchǎng diàochá)
* 待查
* 徹查 / 彻查 (chèchá)
* 戶口普查 / 户口普查
* 戶口調查 / 户口调查
* 扣查
* 抽查 (chōuchá)
* 抽樣調查 / 抽样调查
* 探查 (tànchá)
* 搜查 (sōuchá)
* 明查暗訪 / 明查暗访 (míngchá'ànfǎng)
* 普查 (pǔchá)
* 有案可查 (yǒu'ànkěchá)
* 查三訪四 / 查三访四
* 查勘 (chákān)
* 查勤
* 查哨 (cháshào)
* 查問 / 查问 (cháwèn)
* 查埔 (cha-po͘) (Min Nan)
* 查堂
* 查報 / 查报 (chábào)
* 查夜 (cháyè)
* 查學 / 查学
* 查察
* 查實 / 查实 (cháshí)
* 查封 (cháfēng)
* 查尋 / 查寻 (cháxún)
* 查對 / 查对 (cháduì)
* 查帳 / 查帐
* 查帳員 / 查帐员
* 查德 (Chádé)
* 查戶口 / 查户口
* 查手舞腳 / 查手舞脚
* 查扣 (chákòu)
* 查抄 (cháchāo)
* 查拳
* 查捕
* 查控 (chákòng)
* 查收 (cháshōu)
* 查明 (chámíng)
* 查某 (cha-bó͘) (Min Nan)
* 查核 (cháhé)
* 查案 (chá'àn)
* 查無實據 / 查无实据
* 查照 (cházhào)
* 查牙
* 查獲 / 查获 (cháhuò)
* 查理定律
* 查甫
* 查盤 / 查盘
* 查看 (chákàn)
* 查票 (chápiào)
* 查票員 / 查票员 (chápiàoyuán)
* 查禁 (chájìn)
* 查究 (chájiū)
* 查緝 / 查缉
* 查考 (chákǎo)
* 查處 / 查处 (cháchǔ)
* 查號臺 / 查号台 (cháhàotái)
* 查表
* 查訊 / 查讯
* 查訪 / 查访 (cháfǎng)
* 查詰 / 查诘
* 查詢 / 查询 (cháxún)
* 查證 / 查证 (cházhèng)
* 查辦 / 查办 (chábàn)
* 查邊 / 查边
* 查閱 / 查阅 (cháyuè)
* 查驗 / 查验 (cháyàn)
* 查體 / 查体 (chátǐ)
* 查點 / 查点 (chádiǎn)
* 核查 (héchá)
* 樣本調查 / 样本调查
* 檢查 / 检查 (jiǎnchá)
* 檢查哨 / 检查哨
* 民意調查 / 民意调查 (mínyì diàochá)
* 波查
* 清查 (qīngchá)
* 測查 / 测查 (cèchá)
* 澈查
* 產前檢查 / 产前检查
* 產後檢查 / 产后检查
* 盤查 / 盘查 (pánchá)
* 社會調查 / 社会调查
* 稽查 (jīchá)
* 稽查員 / 稽查员 (jīcháyuán)
* 究查
* 突擊檢查 / 突击检查
* 細查 / 细查
* 線上查詢 / 线上查询
* 考查 (kǎochá)
* 聯席審查 / 联席审查
* 胃鏡檢查 / 胃镜检查
* 自查 (zìchá)
* 複查 / 复查 (fùchá)
* 訪查 / 访查 (fǎngchá)
* 詳查 / 详查
* 調查 / 调查 (diàochá)
* 調查員 / 调查员 (diàocháyuán)
* 調查權 / 调查权
* 調查表 / 调查表 (diàochábiǎo)
* 身家調查 / 身家调查
* 巡查 (xúnchá)
* 追查 (zhuīchá)
* 鑒核備查 / 鉴核备查
* 革職查辦 / 革职查办
* 骨查臉 / 骨查脸
* 體格檢查 / 体格检查 (tǐgé jiǎnchá)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhā (zha$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zaa$^1$ / caa$^4$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): za$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): cha / chee
    (Teochew, Peng'im): za$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tso
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhā
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jha
*** Wade–Giles: cha$^1$
*** Yale: jā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ja
*** Palladius: чжа (čža)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zaa$^1$ / caa$^4$
*** Yale: jā / chàh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzaa$^1$ / tsaa$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: za$^1$ / ca$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saː⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰaː²¹/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: za$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sa⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cha
*** Tâi-lô: tsa
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zaf
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sa³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sa⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chee
*** Tâi-lô: tsee
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sɛ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: za$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsa
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sa³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tso
*** MiniDict: tso$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tso
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡so⁵³/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsraː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 查 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| No. | 10383 |
| Phonetic component | 且 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsraː/ |
| Notes | 姓，爾雅釋文作樝或字 |

#### Definitions

查
* Alternative form of 楂 (zhā, “hawthorn”)
    From: 孟元老 (Meng Yuanlao), 飲食果子, in 東京夢華錄 (The Eastern Capital: A Dream of Splendor)
    Héyáng zhāzǐ, zhātiáo [Pinyin]
    Heyang hawthorn, hawthorn strips
* a surname
    查良鏞／查良镛 ― Zhā Liángyōng ― Louis Cha (Chinese novelist, better known by his pen name Jin Yong)
* (dialectal) I; me

##### Synonyms

* (me): 咱 (zán)

#### Compounds

* 查果
* 查梨
* 查沙
* 查裹
* 沒查沒利 / 没查没利
* 蠟查 / 蜡查
* 賣查梨 / 卖查梨

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chái (chai$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caai$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chái
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chái
*** Wade–Giles: chʻai$^2$
*** Yale: chái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chair
*** Palladius: чай (čaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caai$^4$
*** Yale: chàaih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaai$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cai$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaːi̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: dzrea
Rime :
| Character | 查 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 崇 (20) |
| Final (韻) | 佳 (31) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 士佳切 |
| Baxter | dzrea |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʒˠɛ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɖ͡ʐᵚæ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʒæi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɖ͡ʐaɨj/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ʒɛ/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡ʒai/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɖ͡ʐʱai/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chái |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | caai$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*zraː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 查 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| No. | 10394 |
| Phonetic component | 且 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 柴 |
| Old Chinese | /*zraː/ |

#### Definitions

查
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, colloquial) government official

#### Compounds

* 查郎

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01905

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* investigate, inspect

#### Readings

* Go-on: しゃ (sha)、じゃ (ja)
* Kan-on: さ (sa)

#### Usage notes

This character is unknown in JIS. The variant form 査 is used instead.

## Korean
### Hanja

查 (eumhun 사실할 사 (sasilhal sa))
* Alternative form of 査

## Vietnamese
### Han character

查: Hán Nôm readings: tra, già
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.