察 — Chinese character
察
chá
to examine, to investigate, to observe
- Pinyin
- chá
- Radical
- 40 ⼧ (Roof)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 宀 祭
- Formation
- pictophonetic — roof; meaning component 宀; sound component 祭
- Japanese
- 察 as a kanji
Common words with 察
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 警察 | jǐng chá | police; police officer |
| 观察 (觀察) | guān chá | to observe; to watch; to survey |
| 考察 | kǎo chá | to inspect; to observe and study |
| 检察院 (檢察院) | jiǎn chá yuàn | prosecutor's office; procuratorate |
| 检察 (檢察) | jiǎn chá | to inspect; (law) to prosecute |
| 监察 (監察) | jiān chá | to supervise; to control |
| 检察官 (檢察官) | jiǎn chá guān | public prosecutor; public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution) |
| 视察 (視察) | shì chá | to inspect; an investigation |
| 警察局 | jǐng chá jú | police station; police department |
| 侦察 (偵察) | zhēn chá | to investigate a crime; to scout |
| 督察 | dū chá | to supervise; to superintend |
| 察觉 (察覺) | chá jué | to sense; to perceive |
English words written with 察
察 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 4 · Analects 4 · Art of War 6 · Mencius 8 · Zhuangzi 21 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 4
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 20
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 58
- Analects 2.10
- Analects 12.20
- Analects 15.27
- Art of War 1.2
- Art of War 8.14
- Art of War 9.39
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