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Translingual
Han character
叉 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 水戈 (EI) or 難水戈 (XEI), four-corner 17400, composition ⿴又丶)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: 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
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 叉
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*sʰraːl, *sʰreːl
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| 杈
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*sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːls
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| 靫
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*sʰraːl, *sʰreːl
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| 汊
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*sʰraːls
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| 衩
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*sʰraːls, *sʰreːls
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| 扠
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*hr'eːl
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| 釵
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*sʰreːl
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| 芆
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*sʰreːl
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| 訍
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*sʰreːls
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Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 又 + 丶.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation 1
Note: erhua - noun.
Note:
- chhe/chhee - vernacular;
- chha - literary (used in Quanzhou for “cross”, not usually used elsewhere).
Note:
- 1tsho - colloquial;
- 1tsha - literary.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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叉
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叉
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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1175
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1184
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Phonetic
component
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叉
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叉
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Rime
group
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歌
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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叉
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釵
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Old
Chinese
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/*sʰraːl/
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/*sʰreːl/
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Definitions
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; to interlace
- cross; X
- 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.
- Phonetic reading of × when used to replace offensive characters.
- 傻× ― shǎ chā ― stupid
- (chiefly Cantonese, euphemistic) A generic intensifier which can be substituted for any profane intensifier.
- 冇叉用 [Cantonese] ― mou5 caa1 jung6 ― bleeping useless
- (Cantonese) Short for 叉燒／叉烧 (“char siu”).
- 叉雞飯／叉鸡饭 [Cantonese] ― caa1 gai1 faan6 ― rice with char siu and steamed chicken
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to pinch
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to speak rudely
- (Wu) to play (mahjong)
- (Xiang, of ducks and geese) to eat
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
叉 (“cross (for marking as wrong or deletion)”)
Dialectal synonyms of
叉子 (“fork (for eating)”)
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
叉
- (Northeastern Mandarin) to block up; to jam
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
叉
- to spread; to open; to fork; to separate
- (Wu) to push something away; to move something away
Pronunciation 4
Definitions
叉
- Alternative form of 杈 (chà, “fork of a branch”)
- Alternative form of 岔 (chà, “diverge, branch off; fork in the road”)
Compounds
Etymology 2
From English charge. Doublet of 叉廚／叉厨 (caa1 cyu4, “to charge (to accuse of a crime); charge (legal accusation)”).
Pronunciation
Definitions
叉
- (Cantonese) to charge; to recharge
幫我拎個手機去叉吖。 [Cantonese, trad.]
帮我拎个手机去叉吖。 [Cantonese, simp.]- bong1 ngo5 ling1 go3 sau2 gei1 heoi3 caa1 aa1.
- Take my cellphone to recharge it for me.
Compounds
Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 叉 – see 衩 (“the open seam of a garment which allows freedom of movement”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 衩). |
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Etymology 4
For pronunciation and definitions of 叉 – see 扠 (“pick up with fork or pincers,; etc.”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 扠). |
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Etymology 5
For pronunciation and definitions of 叉 – see 杈 (“pitchfork; fork of a tree”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 杈). |
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Etymology 6
For pronunciation and definitions of 叉 – see 汊 (“a branching stream”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 汊). |
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References
Japanese
Kanji
叉
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- fork (また)
- to stick, to insert, to stab (as with a fork) (さす)
- to fold (one's arms) (こまねく, こまぬく)
Readings
Compounds
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of 叉 – see the following entry.
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| 【股】S
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- (anatomy) crotch, the space between the thighs
- fork in a tree, river, and so on
Alternative spellings胯, 俣
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| (This term, 叉, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Hanja
叉 (eumhun 갈래 차 (gallae cha))
- Hanja form? of 차 (“to cross; to intersect”).
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
叉: Hán Nôm readings: xoa
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