Chinese Character Wiki
叉

chā, chá, chǎ

fork, prong

Depicts an object being held between fingers in the hand (又).

Components
又 iconic component

又  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts something being held in the hand.

Evolution

叉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
叉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

叉  

chā

crotch; fork, prong; fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect; "X"

叉  

chá

to cross; be stuck

叉  

chǎ

to diverge; to open (as legs)

Most common words with 叉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

交叉

to cross

叉

fork

叉子

fork

分叉

fork

鱼叉

harpoon

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (0 verified)

釵 钗 杈 汊

Sound component in 6 characters (0 verified)

釵 钗 蚤 杈 衩 汊

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 10.7160% of movies

1998th most common character in movies

2231st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

3

Unicode

U+53C9

Shuowen

“叉，手指相錯也。从又，象叉之形。”


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