Chinese

擦

cā
to rub
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 5
  • radical 手
  • 17 strokes

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sʰlaːd): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 察 (OC *sʰreːd) – wipe, scrub by hand.

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 雙／双 m mn; 對／对 c)”
  • soundChinese察 “to examine; to investigate; to notice”
    • meaningChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
    • soundChinese祭 “to make offerings to; to sacrifice to; to worship”
      • ideaChinese肉 “meat; flesh”
      • ideaChinese又 “again; once more”
      • ideaChinese示 “to show; to reveal; to indicate; to notify; to instruct”

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