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叉 U+53C9, 叉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53C9
← 又
[U+53C8] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 及 →
[U+53CA]

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

Additional Derived Characters
  • 𮯷, 𭃇, 𲂃, 𫩗, 𮰚, 𤜫, 𮵿, 𥘓, 𱱻, 𦔹, 𧢷, 𮣸, 𪝃, 𱁿, 𫘅, 𱸎, 𭃆, 𨙳, 𰇁, 𡰫, 𰌵, 𥫢
  • 𩑐, 𲊹

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
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Chinese

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 叉, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...
Characters in the same phonetic series (叉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 又 + 丶.

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation 1

Note: erhua - noun.
Note:
  • chhe/chhee - vernacular;
  • chha - literary (used in Quanzhou for “cross”, not usually used elsewhere).
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Definitions

叉

  1. fork (pronged tool, including the eating utensil)
  2. to use a fork; to pick up with a fork
  3. (Wu) to pick up food with chopsticks
  4. to cross; to intersect; to interlace
  5. 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.
  6. Phonetic reading of × when used to replace offensive characters.
    傻×  ―  shǎ chā  ―  stupid [censored]
  7. (chiefly Cantonese, euphemistic) A generic intensifier which can be substituted for any profane intensifier.
    冇叉用 [Cantonese]  ―  mou5 caa1 jung6 [Jyutping]  ―  bleeping useless
  8. (Cantonese) short for 叉燒／叉烧 (“char siu”)
    叉雞飯／叉鸡饭 [Cantonese]  ―  caa1 gai1 faan6 [Jyutping]  ―  rice with char siu and steamed chicken
  9. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to pinch
  10. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to speak rudely
  11. (Wu) to play (mahjong)
  12. (Xiang, of ducks and geese) to eat
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 叉 (“cross (for marking as wrong or deletion)”) [map]
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Dialectal synonyms of 叉子 (“fork (for eating)”) [map]
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Pronunciation 2

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Definitions

叉

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

Pronunciation 3

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Definitions

叉

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

Pronunciation 4

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Definitions

叉

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

Compounds

Etymology 2

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From English charge. Doublet of 叉廚 / 叉厨 (caa1 cyu4, “to charge (to accuse of a crime); charge (legal accusation)”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

叉

  1. (Cantonese) to charge; to recharge
    幫我拎部手機去叉吖。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    帮我拎部手机去叉吖。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    bong1 ngo5 ling1 bou6 sau2 gei1 heoi3 caa1 a1. [Jyutping]
    Take my phone 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).
Notes:

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).
Notes:

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).
Notes:

Etymology 6

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

References

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Kanji

叉

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. fork (また)
  2. to stick, to insert, to stab (as with a fork) (さす)
  3. to fold (one's arms) (こまねく, こまぬく)

Readings

  • Go-on: しゃ (sha)
  • Kan-on: さ (sa)
  • Kun: また (mata, 叉)、さす (sasu, 叉す)、こまねく (komaneku, 叉く)、こまぬく (komanuku, 叉く)

Compounds

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 叉 – see the following entry.
【股また】S
[noun] (anatomy) crotch, the space between the thighs
[noun] fork in a tree, river, and so on
Alternative spellings
胯, 俣
(This term, 叉, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

Korean

Hanja

叉 (eumhun 갈래 차 (gallae cha))

  1. hanja form? of 차 (“to cross; to intersect”)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

叉: Hán Nôm readings: xoa

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