chá

harvest

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

is a component form of .

在 sound component

  Sound component

zài

  

be at

Evolution

茬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
茬 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
茬 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
茬 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
茬 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chá

harvest; stubble land after crop has been taken; a second crop obtained by rotation of land; an opportunity

Most common words with 茬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

an opportunity

找茬

to pick fault with

话茬

topic

茬口

an opportunity

倒茬

rotation of crops