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叉

叉 U+53C9, 叉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53C9
← 又
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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)

ReferencesEdit

  • KangXi: page 165, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3116
  • Dae Jaweon: page 374, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 390, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+53C9

ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.
 叉
alt. forms 义

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 叉
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   
Characters in the same phonetic series (叉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
叉 *sʰraːl, *sʰreːl
杈 *sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːls
靫 *sʰraːl, *sʰreːl
汊 *sʰraːls
衩 *sʰraːls, *sʰreːls
扠 *hr'eːl
釵 *sʰreːl
芆 *sʰreːl
訍 *sʰreːls

Etymology 1Edit

Pronunciation 1Edit

Note: erhua - noun.
Note:
  • chhe/chhee - vernacular;
  • chha - literary (used in Quanzhou for “cross”, not usually used elsewhere).
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    • Dialectal data▼
    Variety Location 叉
    Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁵¹/
    /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹⁴/
    Harbin /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴⁴/ ～子
    /ʈ͡ʂʰa²⁴/ ～住了
    Tianjin /t͡sʰɑ²¹/
    Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹³/
    Qingdao /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹³/
    Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰa²⁴/ 魚～
    Xi'an /t͡sʰa²¹/ ～子
    /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ ～開
    Xining /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
    Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴⁴/
    Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰa³¹/
    Ürümqi /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
    Wuhan /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Chengdu /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Guiyang /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Kunming /ʈ͡ʂʰa̠⁴⁴/
    Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂʰɑ³¹/
    Hefei /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹/
    Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰa⁵³/ ～腿
    /t͡sʰa¹¹/ ～車
    Pingyao /t͡sʰɑ¹³/
    Hohhot /t͡sʰa³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /t͡sʰo⁵³/
    /t͡sʰa⁵³/
    Suzhou /t͡sʰo⁵⁵/
    Hangzhou /t͡sʰɑ³³/
    /t͡sʰɑ⁴⁴⁵/
    Wenzhou /t͡sʰo³³/
    Hui Shexian /t͡sʰa³¹/
    Tunxi /t͡sʰɔ¹¹/
    Xiang Changsha /t͡sʰa³³/
    Xiangtan /t͡sʰɒ³³/
    Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰɑ⁴²/
    Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
    Taoyuan /t͡sʰɑ²⁴/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰa⁵³/
    Nanning /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Hong Kong /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    /t͡sʰe⁵⁵/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /t͡sʰa⁵⁴/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /t͡sʰe³³/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /sa²³/
    Rime
    Character 叉 叉
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial (聲) 初 (19) 初 (19)
    Final (韻) 佳 (31) 麻 (98)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division (等) II II
    Fanqie 楚佳切 初加切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/t͡ʃʰˠɛ/ /t͡ʃʰˠa/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚæ/ /ʈ͡ʂʰᵚa/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/t͡ʃʰæi/ /t͡ʃʰa/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨj/ /ʈ͡ʂʰaɨ/
    Li
    Rong         		/t͡ʃʰɛ/ /t͡ʃʰa/
    Wang
    Li         		/t͡ʃʰai/ /t͡ʃʰa/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ʈ͡ʂʰai/ /ʈ͡ʂʰa/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		chāi chā
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 叉 叉
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    No. 1175 1184
    Phonetic
    component         		叉 叉
    Rime
    group         		歌 歌
    Rime
    subdivision         		1 2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		叉 釵
    Old
    Chinese         		/*sʰraːl/ /*sʰreːl/
    DefinitionsEdit

    叉

    1. fork (pronged tool, including the eating utensil)
    2. to use a fork; to pick up with a fork
    3. (Wu) to use chopsticks to eat
    4. to cross; to intersect
    5. cross
      錯的答案打叉。 / 错的答案打叉。  ―  Cuò de dá'àn dǎ chā.  ―  Put a cross for the wrong answer.
    6. (Cantonese, euphemistic) A generic intensifier which can be substituted for any profane intensifier.
      冇叉用 [Cantonese]  ―  mou5 caa1 jung6 [Jyutping]  ―  bleeping useless
    7. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwanese Min Nan) to pinch
    8. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwanese Min Nan) to speak rudely
    9. (Wu) to play (mahjong)
    10. (Xiang, of ducks) to eat
    11. (Cantonese, from English charge) to charge; to recharge

    Pronunciation 2Edit

    • Dialectal data▼
    Variety Location 叉
    Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁵¹/
    /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹⁴/
    Harbin /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴⁴/ ～子
    /ʈ͡ʂʰa²⁴/ ～住了
    Tianjin /t͡sʰɑ²¹/
    Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹³/
    Qingdao /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹³/
    Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰa²⁴/ 魚～
    Xi'an /t͡sʰa²¹/ ～子
    /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ ～開
    Xining /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
    Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴⁴/
    Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰa³¹/
    Ürümqi /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
    Wuhan /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Chengdu /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Guiyang /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Kunming /ʈ͡ʂʰa̠⁴⁴/
    Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂʰɑ³¹/
    Hefei /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹/
    Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰa⁵³/ ～腿
    /t͡sʰa¹¹/ ～車
    Pingyao /t͡sʰɑ¹³/
    Hohhot /t͡sʰa³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /t͡sʰo⁵³/
    /t͡sʰa⁵³/
    Suzhou /t͡sʰo⁵⁵/
    Hangzhou /t͡sʰɑ³³/
    /t͡sʰɑ⁴⁴⁵/
    Wenzhou /t͡sʰo³³/
    Hui Shexian /t͡sʰa³¹/
    Tunxi /t͡sʰɔ¹¹/
    Xiang Changsha /t͡sʰa³³/
    Xiangtan /t͡sʰɒ³³/
    Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰɑ⁴²/
    Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
    Taoyuan /t͡sʰɑ²⁴/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰa⁵³/
    Nanning /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Hong Kong /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    /t͡sʰe⁵⁵/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /t͡sʰa⁵⁴/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /t͡sʰe³³/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /sa²³/
    DefinitionsEdit

    叉

    1. (Northeastern Mandarin) to block up; to jam

    Pronunciation 3Edit

    • Dialectal data▼
    Variety Location 叉
    Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁵¹/
    /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹⁴/
    Harbin /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴⁴/ ～子
    /ʈ͡ʂʰa²⁴/ ～住了
    Tianjin /t͡sʰɑ²¹/
    Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹³/
    Qingdao /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹³/
    Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰa²⁴/ 魚～
    Xi'an /t͡sʰa²¹/ ～子
    /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ ～開
    Xining /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
    Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴⁴/
    Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰa³¹/
    Ürümqi /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
    Wuhan /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Chengdu /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Guiyang /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Kunming /ʈ͡ʂʰa̠⁴⁴/
    Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂʰɑ³¹/
    Hefei /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹/
    Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰa⁵³/ ～腿
    /t͡sʰa¹¹/ ～車
    Pingyao /t͡sʰɑ¹³/
    Hohhot /t͡sʰa³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /t͡sʰo⁵³/
    /t͡sʰa⁵³/
    Suzhou /t͡sʰo⁵⁵/
    Hangzhou /t͡sʰɑ³³/
    /t͡sʰɑ⁴⁴⁵/
    Wenzhou /t͡sʰo³³/
    Hui Shexian /t͡sʰa³¹/
    Tunxi /t͡sʰɔ¹¹/
    Xiang Changsha /t͡sʰa³³/
    Xiangtan /t͡sʰɒ³³/
    Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰɑ⁴²/
    Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
    Taoyuan /t͡sʰɑ²⁴/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰa⁵³/
    Nanning /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Hong Kong /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    /t͡sʰe⁵⁵/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /t͡sʰa⁵⁴/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /t͡sʰe³³/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /sa²³/
    DefinitionsEdit

    叉

    1. to spread; to open; to fork; to separate
    2. (Wu) to push something away; to move something away

    Pronunciation 4Edit

    • Dialectal data▼
    Variety Location 叉
    Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁵¹/
    /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹⁴/
    Harbin /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴⁴/ ～子
    /ʈ͡ʂʰa²⁴/ ～住了
    Tianjin /t͡sʰɑ²¹/
    Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹³/
    Qingdao /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹³/
    Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰa²⁴/ 魚～
    Xi'an /t͡sʰa²¹/ ～子
    /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ ～開
    Xining /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
    Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴⁴/
    Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰa³¹/
    Ürümqi /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
    Wuhan /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Chengdu /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Guiyang /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Kunming /ʈ͡ʂʰa̠⁴⁴/
    Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂʰɑ³¹/
    Hefei /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹/
    Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰa⁵³/ ～腿
    /t͡sʰa¹¹/ ～車
    Pingyao /t͡sʰɑ¹³/
    Hohhot /t͡sʰa³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /t͡sʰo⁵³/
    /t͡sʰa⁵³/
    Suzhou /t͡sʰo⁵⁵/
    Hangzhou /t͡sʰɑ³³/
    /t͡sʰɑ⁴⁴⁵/
    Wenzhou /t͡sʰo³³/
    Hui Shexian /t͡sʰa³¹/
    Tunxi /t͡sʰɔ¹¹/
    Xiang Changsha /t͡sʰa³³/
    Xiangtan /t͡sʰɒ³³/
    Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰɑ⁴²/
    Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
    Taoyuan /t͡sʰɑ²⁴/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰa⁵³/
    Nanning /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Hong Kong /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
    /t͡sʰe⁵⁵/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /t͡sʰa⁵⁴/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /t͡sʰe³³/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /sa²³/
    DefinitionsEdit

    叉

    1. Alternative form of 杈 (chā, “fork of a branch”).
    2. Alternative form of 岔 (chà, “diverge, branch off; fork in the road”).

    CompoundsEdit

    Etymology 2Edit

    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.)
    Notes:

    Etymology 3Edit

    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.)
    Notes:

    Etymology 4Edit

    For pronunciation and definitions of 叉 – see 杈 (“fork of a tree; pitchfork; etc.”).
    (This character, 叉, is the second-round simplified form of 杈.)
    Notes:

    Etymology 5Edit

    For pronunciation and definitions of 叉 – see 汊 (“a branching stream”).
    (This character, 叉, is the second-round simplified form of 汊.)
    Notes:

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    叉

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

    1. fork

    ReadingsEdit

    CompoundsEdit

    Compounds

    KoreanEdit

    HanjaEdit

    叉 • (cha)

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