叉

Translingual

Han character

叉 (radical 29 又+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 水戈 (EI), X水戈 (XEI), four-corner 1740₀)

1. crotch
2. fork, prong

References

• 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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Cantonese

Hanzi

叉 (Yale cha1)

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Japanese

Kanji

叉 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• On: さ (sa), しゃ (sha), さい (sai)
• Kun: また (mata)

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Korean

Hanja

叉
Eumhun:

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

• Name (hangeul): 깍지 낄 차, 갈래 차()

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Mandarin

Hanzi

叉 (pinyin cha (cha5), Wade-Giles ch'a⁵), chā, chá, chǎ, chà, chāi

Compounds

• 魚叉, 鱼叉

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Vietnamese

Han character

叉 (xoa)