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叉

chā

HSK 3.0 · 5

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chā · caa1 (Jyutping)

  1. fork
  2. pitchfork
  3. prong
  4. pick
  5. cross
  6. intersect
  7. "X"

chá · caa1 (Jyutping)

  1. to cross
  2. be stuck

chǎ · caa1 (Jyutping)

  1. to diverge
  2. to open (as legs)

chà

  1. used in 劈叉[pi3 cha4]
  2. used in 分叉[fen1 cha4]

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Character breakdown

叉

Meaning
crotch; fork, prong
Radical
又
Strokes
3
Components
⿴又丶
Cangjie
EI
Four-corner
1740.0

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.

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