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楂

Mandarin · pinyin chá#

fell trees
raft
to hew

Mandarin · pinyin zhā#

(bound form) used in the names of certain rosaceous fruit trees, e.g. 山楂 shān zhā, 榠楂 míng zhā, 歐楂 ōu zhā

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楂: zhā · a raft, to hew, to fell trees

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2 · cha2

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caa4 · zaa1

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character

wooden raft
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 槎 (chá, “tree branch”)

character

hawthorn

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