杈 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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chā, chà

fork of a tree

Where two branches 木 fork 叉; 叉 also provides the pronunciation

Components

木 Meaning component

mù

tree

chā, chá, chǎ

fork, prong

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

chā

fork of a tree; a pitchfork; pitchfork

chà

branches of a tree

Most common words with 杈

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4529th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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