渣

slag (in mining or smelting); dregs

12 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,096 U+6E23

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 (semantic, “water”) + 查 (phonetic, chá)

components: 氵查

sediment · Heisig RSH #221

查 investigate + 水 water

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 查

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 查 (chá) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
查 sound component	chá	to investigate, to examine, to look into
碴	chá	quarrel; fault; a shard of glass
喳	zhā	to whisper
楂	zhā	raft; to hew, to fell trees
馇	chā	to stir, to cook, to boil; porridge
揸	zhā	handful; to grasp, to seize
猹	chá	badger; a wild animal mentioned in a story by Lu Xun

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
渣打银行	Zhā dǎ Yín háng	Standard Chartered Bank
面包渣	miàn bāo zhā	breadcrumbs
豆腐渣工程	dòu fu zhā gōng chéng	jerry-built building project; lit. built on soybean dregs
土得掉渣	tǔ de diào zhā	(coll.) rustic; uncouth
体育渣	tǐ yù zhā	unathletic person
酒渣鼻	jiǔ zhā bí	rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose); brandy nose
渣子	zhā zi	dregs; bits; dregs (of society)
人渣	rén zhā	dregs of society; scum
学渣	xué zhā	(coll.) unenthusiastic, mediocre student; underachiever
石渣	shí zhā	gravel
豆渣脑筋	dòu zhā nǎo jīn	idiot; porridge head
油渣	yóu zhā	crisp residue left after rendering animal fat; (esp.) pork cracklings
药渣	yào zhā	dregs of a decoction
豆腐渣	dòu fu zhā	okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu)
豆渣	dòu zhā	okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu)
胡渣	hú zhā	see 鬍碴\|胡碴[hu2 cha1]
渣男	zhā nán	(coll.) jerk; scumbag (esp. in romantic relationships)
残渣	cán zhā	remainder; filtered out residue; sediment; waste product; debris; detritus; rubbish
残渣余孽	cán zhā yú niè	evil elements who have escaped eradication
矿渣	kuàng zhā	slag (mining)