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)

1. crotch
2. fork, prong

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

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		叉

Alternative formsEdit

• 义

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chā (cha¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chhe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chā
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'a¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cha
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰa̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa¹
    • Yale: chā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe
    • Tâi-lô: tshe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhef
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 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/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ʃʰˠɛ/, /t͡ʃʰˠa/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰraːl/, /*sʰreːl/

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/

NounEdit

叉

1. fork
2. cross

CompoundsEdit

• 魚叉／鱼叉 (yúchā)

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

叉

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. fork

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: しゃ (sha)
• Kan’on: さ (sa)
• Kun: また (mata)

CompoundsEdit

Compounds

叉焼 (チャーシュー) ‎(chāshū): char siu, a style of barbecue pork wherein the meat is trussed, marinated, skewered, and then roasted

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

叉 • ‎(cha)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 차 (revised: cha, McCune-Reischauer: ch'a)

• Name (hangeul): 깍지 낄 차, 갈래 차()

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

叉 (xoa)

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