Hanja Analyzer
察

察 — chal

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
살필 찰
Romanization
chal
English
examine, investigate; notice
Mandarin
chá
Japanese on'yomi
サツ, セチ
Japanese kun'yomi
あきらか さっする しる みる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#477 of 2,500
Strokes
14
Radical
宀 (40, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
祭
Unicode
U+5BDF

Parts that make up 察

  • 宀 지붕집과 집 안에서 일어나는 일
  • 祭 제사 제, 제사 채sound 제단에 고기를 올리는 손제사. ‘제·채’ 계열의 소리

How 察 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 察 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 宀, 祭.

Korean example words with 察

  • 독찰督察 Korean gloss: 단속하여 살핌
  • 명찰明察 Korean gloss: 사물을 똑똑히 살핌
  • 성찰省察 Korean gloss: 자기의 마음을 반성하고 살핌
  • 고찰考察 Korean gloss: 어떤 것을 깊이 생각하고 연구함
  • 순찰巡察 Korean gloss: 여러 곳을 돌아다니며 사정을 살핌
  • 경찰警察 Korean gloss: ‘경찰 공무원’을 통틀어 이르는 말
  • 고찰高察 Korean gloss: 남의 고찰(考察)을 높여 이르는 말
  • 관찰觀察 Korean gloss: 사물이나 현상을 주의하여 자세히 살펴봄
  • 양찰諒察 Korean gloss: 다른 사람의 사정 따위를 잘 헤아려 살핌
  • 불찰不察 Korean gloss: 조심해서 잘 살피지 아니한 탓으로 생긴 잘못
  • 총찰總察 Korean gloss: 모든 일을 맡아 총괄하여 살핌. 또는 그런 직무
  • 진찰診察 Korean gloss: 의사가 여러 가지 방법으로 환자의 병이나 증상을 살핌

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 察

  • 警察けいさつ police; police officer; police station
  • 検察けんさつ criminal investigation; prosecution; examination
  • 査察ささつ inspection (for compliance); investigation (tax, etc.)
  • 警察庁けいさつちょう National Police Agency; NPA
  • 視察しさつ inspection; observation
  • 観察かんさつ observation; survey; watching
  • 検察官けんさつかん public prosecutor
  • 偵察ていさつ scouting; reconnaissance
  • 診察しんさつ medical examination; checkup; consultation
  • 警察署けいさつしょ police station
  • 監察かんさつ inspection; inspector
  • 検察庁けんさつちょう Public Prosecutors Office

Characters sharing the phonetic 祭

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “찰”

Other hanja with radical 宀

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