叉
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fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect; "X"
3 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,309 U+53C9
How 叉 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A hand 又 grasping an object 丶
How to remember it
fork · Heisig RSH #1883
crotch + a drop of
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 叉 as their sound component
These characters all use 叉 (chā) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叉 sound component | chā | fork; prong; cross, intersect |
| 蚤 | zǎo | flea; louse |
| 衩 | chà | shorts, panties; a slit in a robe |
Words containing 叉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三叉神经 | sān chā shén jīng | trigeminal nerve |
| 交叉学科 | jiāo chā xué kē | interdisciplinary; interdisciplinary subject (in science) |
| 交叉火力 | jiāo chā huǒ lì | crossfire |
| 叉尾太阳鸟 | chā wěi tài yáng niǎo | (bird species of China) fork-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga christinae) |
| 日本叉尾海燕 | Rì běn chā wěi hǎi yàn | (bird species of China) Matsudaira's storm petrel (Hydrobates matsudairae) |
| 立体交叉 | lì tǐ jiāo chā | three-dimensional road junction (i.e. involving flyover bridges or underpass tunnels); ove… |
| 交叉运球 | jiāo chā yùn qiú | crossover dribble (basketball) |
| 开高叉 | kāi gāo chā | slit dress |
| 烟黑叉尾海燕 | yān hēi chā wěi hǎi yàn | (bird species of China) Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) |
| 交叉阴影线 | jiāo chā yīn yǐng xiàn | hatched lines; cross-hatched graphic pattern |
| 交叉口 | jiāo chā kǒu | (road) intersection |
| 黑叉尾海燕 | hēi chā wěi hǎi yàn | (bird species of China) Swinhoe's storm petrel (Hydrobates monorhis) |
| 交叉点 | jiāo chā diǎn | junction; crossroads; (geometry) point of intersection |
| 前移式叉车 | qián yí shì chā chē | reach truck |
| 白腰叉尾海燕 | bái yāo chā wěi hǎi yàn | (bird species of China) Leach's storm petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) |
| 交叉引用 | jiāo chā yǐn yòng | cross-reference (in a document, index etc) |
| 二叉树 | èr chā shù | binary tree |
| 交叉耐药性 | jiāo chā nài yào xìng | cross-tolerance |
| 叉子 | chā zi | fork; CL:把[ba3] |
| 叉头 | chā tóu | prong of a fork |