叉

Translingual

Han character

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

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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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		叉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chā (cha¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chhe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chā
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'a¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cha
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰa̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: caa¹
    • Yale: chā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe
    • Tâi-lô: tshe
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (叉, reconstructed)
Character (叉), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 初 (19) Final: 佳 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 楚佳切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡ʃʰɣɛ/	/ʈ͡ʂʰai/	/t͡ʃʰɛ/	/ʈ͡ʂʰɯæ/	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨj/	/t͡ʃʰai/	/t͡ʃʰæi/
Character (叉), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 初 (19) Final: 麻 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 初加切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡ʃʰɣa/	/ʈ͡ʂʰa/	/t͡ʃʰa/	/ʈ͡ʂʰɯa/	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨ/	/t͡ʃʰa/	/t͡ʃʰa/

Old Chinese pronunciation (叉, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
叉					1175					叉					歌					1					叉					/*sʰraːl/
叉					1184					叉					歌					2					釵					/*sʰreːl/

Compounds

• 魚叉, 鱼叉

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Japanese

Kanji

叉

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

叉 (cha)
Eumhun:

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

• Name (hangeul): 깍지 낄 차, 갈래 차()

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Vietnamese

Han character

叉 (xoa)

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