Character: 察
Modern (Beijing) reading: chá
Preclassic Old Chinese: ćhrēt
Classic Old Chinese: chrēt
Western Han Chinese: c̣hjāt
Eastern Han Chinese: c̣hiāt
Early Postclassic Chinese: c̣hiẹ̄t
Middle Postclassic Chinese: c̣hiẹ̄t
Late Postclassic Chinese: c̣hiẹ̄t
Middle Chinese: c̣hạ̈t
English meaning : to examine
Russian meaning[s]: 1) подробно исследовать; рассматривать; разбираться, выяснять; 2) разыскивать справку, обращаться за справкой (напр. в словарь), справляться; 3) ясный, очевидный; 4) сокр. провинция Чахар
Comments: Another loan from the same source is Viet. xét 'to examine'. Standard Sino-Viet. is sát.
Radical: 40
Four-angle index: 8210
Karlgren code: 0337 j
Go-on: seti
Kan-on: satu
Japanese reading: satsu;akiraka
Vietnamese reading: soát
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