What 槎 means
槎 can mean raft, branch, or cutting wood; nearby words decide. The Shuowen, an early Chinese character dictionary completed around 121 CE, defines 槎 as cutting wood diagonally and cites an injunction in the Guoyu, an early Chinese history, against cutting shoots. In Chinese word pairs, 浮槎 and 乘槎 mean raft; 槎牙 describes jagged, branch-like projections.
How did 槎 reach the Milky Way?
A Chinese legend sends the traveler Zhang Qian there by raft. An inscribed silver raft dated 1345 depicts the story.
Literary and specialized; alone, 槎 leaves its sense open.
Who writes 槎
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Combination ideas
3Worth knowing
- Japanese dictionaries preserve both the raft and cutting senses for 槎.
Questions people ask
1Why does 槎 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 槎
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- 槎 meaning · 槎 raft · cha · chá · 浮槎 · 乘槎 · 槎牙 · 楂
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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