叉(chā)

HSK 53 strokes
Readingschāchàchǎchá

fork

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Character information

Pinyin
chā / chà / chǎ / chá
Meaning
fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect; "X"
Strokes
3
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 叉 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿴又丶

A hand 又 grasping an object 丶

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

又yòu丶zhǔ

Parts are arranged enclosing.

How to write 叉 step by step

3 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 叉

Common words using 叉 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

chā叉zi子
HSK 5

fork

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jiāo交chā叉
HSK 7-9

to cross; to intersect; to overlap

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shǎ傻chā叉

fool; blockhead

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dāo刀chā叉

knife and fork; CL:副[fu4]

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sān三chā叉jǐ戟

trident

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jiāo交chā叉kǒu口

(road) intersection

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jiāo交chā叉diǎn点

junction; crossroads

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fēn分chà叉

to branch; to fork

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From 叉’s common words

子交傻刀三戟口点

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