渣
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slag (in mining or smelting); dregs
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 水 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 渣
- Common rank
- #2,096
- Unicode
- U+6E23
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
sediment · Heisig RSH #221
查 investigate + 水 water
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 渣
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 渣打银行 | Standard Chartered Bank | |
| 面包渣 | breadcrumbs | |
| 豆腐渣工程 | jerry-built building project; lit. built on soybean dregs | |
| 土得掉渣 | (coll.) rustic; uncouth | |
| 体育渣 | unathletic person | |
| 酒渣鼻 | rosacea (dermatological condition of the face and nose); brandy nose | |
| 渣子 | dregs; bits; dregs (of society) | |
| 人渣 | dregs of society; scum | |
| 学渣 | (coll.) unenthusiastic, mediocre student; underachiever | |
| 石渣 | gravel | |
| 豆渣脑筋 | idiot; porridge head | |
| 油渣 | crisp residue left after rendering animal fat; (esp.) pork cracklings | |
| 药渣 | dregs of a decoction | |
| 豆腐渣 | okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu) | |
| 豆渣 | okara (i.e. soy pulp, a by-product of making soymilk or tofu) | |
| 胡渣 | see 鬍碴|胡碴[hu2 cha1] | |
| 渣男 | (coll.) jerk; scumbag (esp. in romantic relationships) | |
| 残渣 | remainder; filtered out residue; sediment; waste product; debris; detritus; rubbish | |
| 残渣余孽 | evil elements who have escaped eradication | |
| 矿渣 | slag (mining) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 查 — compare how they read.