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 <WL>查 [chá] examine, investigate; 检查 inspect  [zhā] (surname)@@; 山楂/查 hawthorn/haw  [chái] “查郎”
-Originally 木 (mù) ‘wood’ over 且 qiě phonetic (see 査), but modern 查 is written with 旦 (dàn ‘dawn’) at the bottom.
+The character 查/査 (with 且/旦 below) abbreviates 楂 (q.v.), which was formerly wr. 樝(􀻦), with 虘(􀵳) cuó (phonetic).
-	An old meaning was ‘raft’, hence the 木 ‘wood’ component. Another old meaning is ‘chop wood; tree stump’.
+	Compare: 查/察 chá ‘examine’, as in 考查/察, 檢查/察; but 观察 guānchá ‘observe’.
-	The character is used to write the homophone chá ‘examine’, as in “考查” = “考察”, “檢查” = “檢察”.
-	It should not be confused with 察 chá as in 观察 guānchá ‘observe’.
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-#c木旦日一
+#c木旦日一且
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