About
The character 查 combines the wood radical 木 at the base with the component 旦 above, which depicts the sun rising over the horizon. Its original meaning referred to a wooden raft or timber barrier, a sense now primarily carried by the variant 楂. This meaning was later supplanted when 查 was borrowed to express concepts like investigating, examining, or checking information. This new usage completely overshadowed the original, making 查 a fundamental term in contexts from academic research and police investigations to looking up words in a dictionary.
Example Sentences Hide
我查一下地图。
医生检查身体。
明天我要查资料。
请你查证这件事。
我们先调查再决定。
警察仔细查看了现场。
如果你查不到信息，可以问我。
专家正在查阅历史档案以查明真相。