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chà

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chà Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chà | cha4
English translation
surprised, shocked

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About chà

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

chà

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

speech

Etymology of chà

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

言宅

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

zhái

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and zhái represents the sound. Simplified form of chà .

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Words with chà

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
诧异 chàyì flabbergasted詫異
惊诧 jīng chà to be surprised驚詫
chà to be surprised chà

chà Decomposition & Compounds

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