Trace Panda
■ radical

chà

difference

How it’s built

Depicts grain (麥) being rolled between the fingers in the left hand (左). Based on the original meaning "rub between fingers", now written as 搓. The meaning later shifted to "uneven" and "error".

iconic

wheat

iconic

left

Through the ages

Bronze script

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