查 Posted on January 30, 2020December 27, 2022 by Chai Laoshi 汉字 拼音 部首 部首意思 汉字意思 查 chá 木 wood to examine
Looks like the the middle part is between to aspects of the characters, kind of as if It were getting an X-ray to EXAMINE it.
This character looks like someone sitting on an examination table, so it helps me to think of someone getting check by the doctor when used in 检查
looks like a hand (on the top) examining something
Looks like a patient opening their mouth to the doctor to be EXAMINED
If you EXAMINE this character there’s a wood radical on top.
I like to remember this character by thinking of someone getting EXAMINED under a WOODEN machine asthe component on the top is thr WOOD radical.