chā

technical
archaic

Meaning of

锸 means ancient digging tool; spade. Pronounced chā.

  • ancient digging tool; spade

Character Info

Radical
Strokes14

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

rén
chā
wéi
zhǔ
yào
de
gōng
 

Ancient people used the spade as their primary digging tool.

Kǎo
xué
jiā
xiàn
le
xiù
bān
bān
de
tiě
chā
 

Archaeologists discovered a rusty iron spade.

xíng
zhuàng
jīn
zhī
tiě
qiāo
 

Its shape was no different from a modern shovel.

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