擦
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to rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to brush (past); to shred (a vegetable etc)
17 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,483 U+64E6
How 擦 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 察 (phonetic, chá)
How to remember it
scrub · Heisig RSH #912
fingers + 察 scrutinize
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 察
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 察 (chá) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 察 sound component | chá | to examine, to investigate, to observe |
| 嚓 | cā | a cracking or snapping sound |
| 镲 | chǎ | cymbals |
| 檫 | chá | Sassafras tzumu |
Words containing 擦
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打擦边球 | dǎ cā biān qiú | to bend the rules; to skirt around the issue |
| 擦身而过 | cā shēn ér guò | to brush past |
| 擦黑儿 | cā hēi r | (dialect) dusk |
| 板擦儿 | bǎn cā r | blackboard or whiteboard eraser |
| 擦网球 | cā wǎng qiú | net ball; let (tennis etc) |
| 擦枪走火 | cā qiāng zǒu huǒ | to shoot accidentally while polishing a gun; (fig.) a minor incident that sparks a war |
| 擦边球 | cā biān qiú | (table tennis) edge ball; (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respec… |
| 可擦除可编程只读存储器 | kě cā chú kě biān chéng zhǐ dú cún chǔ qì | EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory) |
| 塞擦音 | sè cā yīn | affricate (phonetics) |
| 摩擦力 | mó cā lì | friction |
| 擦子 | cā zi | eraser; (kitchen) grater; shredder |
| 摩擦音 | mó cā yīn | fricative (phonetics) |
| 擦音 | cā yīn | fricative |
| 喉擦音 | hóu cā yīn | guttural fricative |
| 擦肩而过 | cā jiān ér guò | to brush past; to pass by (sb); (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc); to have a b… |
| 擦油 | cā yóu | to oil; to anoint |
| 可擦写 | kě cā xiě | erasable |
| 擦干 | cā gān | to wipe dry |
| 板擦 | bǎn cā | blackboard or whiteboard eraser |
| 擦棒球 | cā bàng qiú | foul tip |