察 chá
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 祭 to sacrifice to, to worship
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
察觉
chájué
to perceive; to become aware of
Characters in this word
觉 jué
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 见 — to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- Made of
- ⺍ sprouts 冖 cover 见 to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她很快察觉到对方话语中的矛盾，却没有当场揭穿。 Tā hěn kuài chájué dào duìfāng huàyǔ zhōng de máodùn, què méiyǒu dāngchǎng jiēchuān. She quickly noticed the contradiction in the other person's words, but did not expose it on the spot.
- 他察觉到孩子今天有点不对劲，就轻声问他怎么了。 Tā chájué dào háizi jīntiān yǒudiǎn bú duìjìn, jiù qīngshēng wèn tā zěnme le. He sensed something was off with the child today and gently asked what was wrong.
- 我没有察觉到天已经黑了，直到同事叫我下班。 Wǒ méiyǒu chájué dào tiān yǐjīng hēi le, zhídào tóngshì jiào wǒ xiàbān. I didn't notice it had already got dark until a colleague told me to go home.
Related words
- 观察 guānchá to observe
- 警察 jǐngchá police officer
- 考察 kǎochá to inspect; to study
- 察看 chákàn to inspect; to look over
- 监察 jiānchá to supervise; to inspect; supervision
- 检察 jiǎnchá to inspect; procuratorial examination
- 视察 shìchá to inspect; to make an official inspection
- 觉得 juéde to think, to feel
- 睡觉 shuìjiào to sleep, to go to bed
- 感觉 gǎnjué to feel; feeling
- 自觉 zìjué self-disciplined
- 发觉 fājué to notice; to discover