渣

zhā

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Meanings

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zhā

1.slag (in mining or smelting)
2.dregs

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Wiktionary

1.dregs; lees; sediment
2.fragment; particle; piece; scrap; crumb
3.Used in transcription of foreign names in Cantonese.
4.a surname, Zha

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ʔsraː): semantic 氵 + phonetic 查 (OC *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː).

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Stroke order

Components

渣氵查

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Synonyms

碎屑碎末渣滓

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Related words

渣子 dregs 矿渣 slag (mining)渣滓 residue 胡渣 see 胡碴[hú chā]残渣 remainder 渣男 (coll.) jerk; scumbag (esp. in romantic relationships)废渣 industrial waste product 煤渣 slack 人渣 dregs of society 豆渣 okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu)炉渣 furnace slag 石渣 gravel