Talk:查

Mandarin readings

Can it be explained in which contexts the two different Mandarin readings are used? 71.66.97.228 18:10, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Can it be explained in which contexts the two different Mandarin readings are used? 71.66.97.228 19:35, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Can it be explained in which contexts the two different Mandarin readings are used? 173.89.236.187 23:32, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Done —suzukaze (t・c) 07:06, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

RFV discussion: January–February 2016

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查

Rfv-sense "hawthorn". Tagged but not listed. - -sche (discuss) 22:41, 31 January 2016 (UTC)

• The Japanese variant form 査 appears in the term 山査子 (sanzashi, “hawthorn”). The Chinese equivalent appears to be 山楂 (shānzhā, “hawthorn; rose hip”), as given at online Chinese dictionary MDBG, with that entry clearly listing 山查 (shānzhā) as a variant spelling, using this same 查 character. As such, I'm inclined to think the hawthorn sense is valid, but that might just be me.

@Wyang, @Kc_kennylau, @Anatoli, other ZH editors: can any of you shed more light on this? ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │^{Tala við mig} 16:46, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

@Eirikr: [1] says 查 zhā 2. 同“楂”, which means that 查 and 楂 are equivalent. --kc_kennylau (talk) 17:39, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

In case you need another confirmation - in Pleco: 查 or 査 with the Mandarin reading zhā, Cantonese caa4 is same as 楂 as in 山楂.--Anatoli T. ^{(обсудить}/^вклад) 20:44, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Not caa4, but zaa1. --kc_kennylau (talk) 10:00, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

"government official"

is there any relation to 差人 (caai1 jan4, “police officer”)? —Suzukaze-c◇◇ 06:57, 19 December 2018 (UTC)