How to pronounce Zhā as a surname

As a surname it is pronounced as zhā.

Cha, in the form of a sound. From wood, there are two ways to read it.

When pronounced chá it means to examine: e.g., check. Investigation. It is the same as "hew", which means driftwood in the water.

Chá is one of the Chinese surnames, ranked 397th in The Hundred Surnames. Out of the Ji surname, belongs to the Han Chinese family name, the Spring and Autumn Zhou Hui Wang (676 BC - 652 years before the reign of), the descendants of the Bo bird (Ji), Lu (now in Shandong) Lu Zhuang Duke's son Ji Yan was appointed as a Huan lineage of viscounts, food and mining in the Chayi (ancient genealogy of the writing of the "樝邑"，affiliated with the Jiyang), because of the place for the clan. Cha Yan (Dong'an) was the founder of the Cha clan.

Expanded information:

The glorious period of the surname Cha:

(1) Han had two important ministers of the Cha Clan

The twelfth Cha He, the word Wenjie. Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty with the Spring and Autumn Festival and the first, served as a guardian of the Huiji, rotating West River guardian, governance and integrity; moreover, the military strategy to defeat the Xiong Nu, "the emperor heard of its wisdom", sealed Jiyang Bo. The twenty-first generation of Cha Zhong and his character Zhong Zhao. During the reign of Emperor He of the Eastern Han Dynasty, they were awarded the title of Minister of the Hanlin Academy and the title of Servant of Shangshu, and were appointed the title of Uncle Jiyang. Because of their fame, they formed the world-famous "Jiyang Cha".

(2), Tang is the world's first surname

Tang has to Cha Shi attainment (the word Chong Yuan.). Tang has a large number of civil servants and military generals represented by the Tang guerrilla generals, Henan Province, Lieutenant of Folding, the Ministry of the Ministry of the Ministry of Justice, into the country) to serve the country. Therefore, in the Tang Taizong ZhenGuan twelve years (639 years) and Tang XuanZong KaiYuan five years (718 years) twice sealed JiyangCha for the world's first name, and called the country's pillar.

(3), the Qing Emperor Kangxi gave joint praise

Ming and Qing dynasties, Cha's Koh A of the world's attention, especially in Haining, Zhejiang Province, Anhui Province, Jingxian Cha is the talent of the world, Wen Kui, martial arts, such as the star, the Qing dynasty, Kangxi, Yong, Qian Dynasty, "a door of ten, uncle and nephew of five Harlem", the world's Koh A miracle. Kangxi Emperor Hurray for the name of Cha inscription: "Tang Zong since the giant family, the number of people in Jiangnan". Kangxi Emperor also wrote "Jia Rui Hall" plaque given to the Yuan Hua Cha Ancestral Hall, and successively wrote "Tanyuantang" and "Jingye Hall" plaque were given to the Cha Sheng and Cha Shenxing.

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