碴

fault; glass fragment; quarrel

14 strokes Dict coverage rank #3,370 U+78B4

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

石 (semantic, “stone”) + 查 (phonetic, chá)

components: 石查

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
渣	zhā	dregs, sediment; refuse, slag
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
不对碴儿	bù duì chá r	not proper; not fit for the occasion
找碴儿	zhǎo chá r	to pick a quarrel; to find fault; nitpicking
拉碴	lā chā	(of beard etc) stubbly; scraggly; unkempt
道碴	dào chá	(railway) ballast
接碴	jiē chá	variant of 接茬[jie1 cha2]
冰碴	bīng chá	ice shards
胡碴	hú chā	beard stubble; Taiwan pr. [hu2 cha2]
找碴	zhǎo chá	variant of 找茬[zhao3 cha2]