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-<WL>查(=査) [chá] examine, investigate; 检查 inspect  [zhā] (surname); 山楂/查 hawthorn/haw@@  [chái] “查郎”
+<WL>查 [chá] examine, investigate; 检查 inspect  [zhā] (surname)@@; 山楂/查 hawthorn/haw  [chái] “查郎”
-Originally 查 has 木 (mù) ‘wood’ over 且 qiě phonetic (cf. 査), but modern 查 is written with 旦 (dàn ‘dawn’) at the bottom. As a component (as in ) the two forms may be confused/indistinguishable (cf. also usage of 虘 as a component).
+Originally 木 (mù) ‘wood’ over 且 qiě phonetic (see 査), but modern 查 is written with 旦 (dàn ‘dawn’) at the bottom.
-	An old meaning of 査 was 楂 “木筏” ‘raft’ (hence the 木 ‘wood’ component); another old meaning is 槎 ‘chop wood; tree stump’.
+	An old meaning was ‘raft’, hence the 木 ‘wood’ component. Another old meaning is ‘chop wood; tree stump’.
 	The character is used to write the homophone chá ‘examine’, as in “考查” = “考察”, “檢查” = “檢察”.
-	But it should not be confused with 察 chá as in 观察 guānchá ‘observe’.
+	It should not be confused with 察 chá as in 观察 guānchá ‘observe’.
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