叉
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TranslingualEdit
Han characterEdit
叉 (radical 29, 又+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 水戈 (EI) or X水戈 (XEI), four-corner 17400, composition ⿴又丶)
Derived charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 165, character 1
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3116
- Dae Jaweon: page 374, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 390, character 2
- Unihan data for U+53C9
ChineseEdit
Glyph originEdit
| Historical forms of the character 叉 | |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意): 又 + 丶.
Etymology 1Edit
| simp. and trad. |
叉 | |
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| alternative forms | 义 | |
Pronunciation 1Edit
DefinitionsEdit
叉
- fork (pronged tool, including the eating utensil)
- to use a fork; to pick up with a fork
- (Wu) to pick up food with chopsticks
- to cross; to intersect
- cross
- Phonetic reading of × when used to replace offensive characters.
- 傻× ― shǎ chā ― stupid [censored]
- (chiefly Cantonese, euphemistic) A generic intensifier which can be substituted for any profane intensifier.
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwanese Hokkien) to pinch
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwanese Hokkien) to speak rudely
- (Wu) to play (mahjong)
- (Xiang, of ducks and geese) to eat
SynonymsEdit
Dialectal synonyms of 叉 (“cross (for marking as wrong or deletion)”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 叉子 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 叉兒, 叉子 |
| Taiwan | 叉子 | |
| Ürümqi | 叉叉子 | |
| Yangzhou | 叉子 | |
| Singapore | 叉 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 叉 |
| Hong Kong | 叉 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 叉 | |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 叉子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 插仔 |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 插仔 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 插仔, 叉仔 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 插 | |
| Hsinchu (Raoping) | 插仔, 叉仔 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 攕子, 插子 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 叉 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 攕仔 |
| Zhangzhou | 攕仔 | |
| Tainan | 攕仔 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 攕仔 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 攕 | |
| Chaozhou | 叉 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 叉 | |
| Leizhou | 叉 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 叉 |
| Hangzhou | 叉 | |
Pronunciation 2Edit
DefinitionsEdit
叉
- (Northeastern Mandarin) to block up; to jam
Pronunciation 3Edit
DefinitionsEdit
叉
Pronunciation 4Edit
DefinitionsEdit
叉
- Alternative form of 杈 (chà, “fork of a branch”).
- Alternative form of 岔 (chà, “diverge, branch off; fork in the road”).
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
| simp. and trad. |
叉 | |
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PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
叉
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
| For pronunciation and definitions of 叉 – see 衩 (“the open seam of a garment which allows freedom of movement”). (This character, 叉, is the second-round simplified form of 衩.) |
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Etymology 4Edit
| For pronunciation and definitions of 叉 – see 扠 (“pick up with fork or pincers”). (This character, 叉, is the second-round simplified form of 扠.) |
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Etymology 5Edit
| For pronunciation and definitions of 叉 – see 杈 (“pitchfork; fork of a tree; etc.”). (This character, 叉, is the second-round simplified form of 杈.) |
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Etymology 6Edit
| For pronunciation and definitions of 叉 – see 汊 (“a branching stream”). (This character, 叉, is the second-round simplified form of 汊.) |
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ReferencesEdit
- “叉”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
叉
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
ReadingsEdit
CompoundsEdit
Compounds
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
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VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
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