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Meanings

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chā
  1. 1.to separate the grain from the husk

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to grind; to pound; to hull; to husk

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 干 (“pestle”) + 臼 (“mortar”) meaning "to grind". From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krap (“to beat, thrash, winnow”); see 壓 (OC *qreːb, “to press down”) for more (STEDT).

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Components

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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