檫

檫 · chá

sassafras tzumu

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
chá
Cantonese
caat3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

sassafras tzumu

Dictionary definitions & readings

檫 chá · Chinese sassafras; Sassafras tzumu

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21311.010:chá,sà Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0114.080:chá Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
035.050:chá Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
サツ サチ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
初八 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
DJBF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4399 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0558.110 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6AAB
Radical
木 · 75
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7992

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
檫
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsrheat · 初八 · 山開二入山初 · #3432

PHONO-ML, source line 17832; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
21311.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21311.010
kIRGKangXi
0558.110
kKangXi
0558.110
kMorohashi
15709
kCangjie
DJBF
kFourCornerCode
4399
kMojiJoho
MJ014607
kPhonetic
45*
kUnihanCore2020
GH
kIRG_GSource
G0-695F
kIRG_HSource
H-8DCD
kIRG_JSource
J14-2F62
kIRG_KSource
K2-3D51
kIRG_TSource
T3-5774
kRSUnicode
75.14
kTotalStrokes
18
kCCCII
224251
kCNS1986
E-5774
kCNS1992
3-5774
kEACC
224251
kGB0
7363
kGB1
7363
kJIS0213
2,15,66
kJis1
3735
kTGH
2013:7992
kXerox
320:136
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17868+75.4.14
kCantonese
caat3
kDefinition
sassafras tzumu
kFanqie
初八
kHanyuPinyin
21311.010:chá,sà
kJapanese
サツ サチ
kJapaneseKun
SHINBASHIRA
kJapaneseOn
SATSU
kMandarin
chá
kTGHZ2013
035.050:chá
kXHC1983
0114.080:chá

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Structure & connections

0.10
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Shape description
木 beside 察 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea
Source notation ^⿰木察$(GHTJK)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰木察$(GHTJK)

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