插 — Chinese character
插
chā
to insert, to stick in; to pierce; to plant
- Pinyin
- chā
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 扌 臿
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 臿
- Japanese
- 插 as a kanji
Common words with 插
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 插入 | chā rù | to insert; to stick in; to plug in |
| 插图 (插圖) | chā tú | illustration |
| 插手 | chā shǒu | to get involved in; to meddle |
| 插件 | chā jiàn | plug-in (software or hardware); to plug in a component |
| 插曲 | chā qǔ | music played during a movie, play etc; incidental music |
| 插画 (插畫) | chā huà | illustration |
| 抽插 | chōu chā | to slide in and out; thrusting |
| 插座 | chā zuò | socket; outlet |
| 穿插 | chuān chā | to insert; to take turns, alternate |
| 插队 (插隊) | chā duì | to cut in line; to jump a queue |
| 插头 (插頭) | chā tóu | plug |
| 安插 | ān chā | to place in a certain position; to assign to a job |
English words written with 插
- slot
- insert
- illustration
- socket
- resettlement
- unplugged
- thrusting
- interpolation
- unanticipated
- subplot
- fortuitous
- intubation
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.