Memory phrase for the character: 察

察



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Meaning

to examine, inspect, to look into

Pronunciation

 chá

Explanation

 Top: roof 宀, below: sacrifice 祭 (The body 月/肉 is put by hand on the altar 示 as sacrifice)

Mnemonic
 
If a cover (= roof) is over the altar with the sacrificial item, this shall be investigated.

Radicals

宀 roof
祭 to sacrificeThe meat 肉/月 is placed by a hand 又 on the altar 示 (= to show) during the: Sacrifice.
示 to show, altarShows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.
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 Vocabulary

观察 guān chá  to observe; to watch; to survey; to examine; observation; view; perspective
考察 kǎo chá  to inspect; to observe and study; on-the-spot investigation
检察 jiǎn chá  to inspect; check up (on)
警察 jǐng chá  police; policeman; policewoman
监察 jiān chá  to supervise; to control
察隅县 Chá yú xiàn  Zayü county, Tibetan: Rdza yul rdzong
察隅县 Chá yú xiàn  

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