Chinese symbol for “query”

查询

chá xún

Traditional: 查詢

to check; to inquire; to consult (a document etc); inquiry

The closest CC-CEDICT match for query is 查询 (chá xún), defined as: to check; to inquire; to consult (a document etc); inquiry; query.

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Characters and stroke order

查 chá

to investigate, to examine, to look into

radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes

询 xún

to ask about, to inquire into; to consult

radical 149 ⾔ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

詢 xún

Related words

Other words that share a character with 查询.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
调查 (調查)	diào chá	investigation; inquiry
检查 (檢查)	jiǎn chá	inspection; to examine
审查 (審查)	shěn chá	to examine; to investigate
查看	chá kàn	to look over; to examine
普查	pǔ chá	census; general survey
咨询 (咨詢)	zī xún	variant of 咨询 (zī xún)
询问 (詢問)	xún wèn	to inquire; to ask about
质询 (質詢)	zhì xún	to question; to enquire

See also: Japanese symbol for “query”.

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