察

chá

examine, investigate; notice

How to write 察, stroke by stroke

short name for Chahar Province 察哈尔; to examine; to inquire; to observe; to inspect; to look into; obvious; clearly evident; variant of 察

Pictophonetic: semantic 宀 (roof), phonetic 祭

Made of 宀 + 祭

警察jǐng chápolice; police officer
观察guān cháto observe; to watch; to survey
检察官jiǎn chá guānpublic prosecutor; public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution)
警察局jǐng chá júpolice station; police department; police headquarters
督察dū cháto supervise; to superintend; inspector; censorship
察觉chá juéto sense; to perceive; to become aware of; to detect
侦察zhēn cháto investigate a crime; to scout; to reconnoiter; reconnaissance; detection; a scout
考察kǎo cháto inspect; to observe and study; on-the-spot investigation
监察jiān cháto supervise; to control
洞察力dòng chá lìinsight
视察shì cháto inspect; an investigation
侦察机zhēn chá jīsurveillance aircraft; spy plane

警察会让你去找子弹的。
jǐng chá huì ràng nǐ qù zhǎo zǐ dàn de 。
The police will get you to find the bullets.
检察官问了我一个引导性的问题。
jiǎn chá guān wèn le wǒ yí gè yǐn dǎo xìng de wèn tí 。
The prosecutor asked me a leading question.
男孩观察了一整天鸟。
nán hái guān chá le yì zhěng tiān niǎo 。
The boy observed the birds all day.
变化太小，察觉不出来。
biàn huà tài xiǎo ， chá jué bù chū lái 。
The change is too small to be observed.
那嫌疑犯对侦察官撒了个谎。
nà xián yí fàn duì zhēn chá guān sā le gè huǎng 。
The suspect told a lie to the inspector.