三叉

Chinese

		three	to cross; be stuck; to diverge to cross; be stuck; to diverge; to open (as legs); fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect
simp. and trad. (三叉)		三	叉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānchà

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄔㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saam¹ caa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâm-chhâ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): saⁿ-chhe / sam-chhe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānchà
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄔㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sanchà
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-chʻa⁴
    • Yale: sān-chà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sanchah
    • Palladius: саньча (sanʹča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saam¹ caa¹
    • Yale: sāam chā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saam¹ tsaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sam¹ ca¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâm-chhâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: sam´ ca´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sam¹ ca¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sam²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰa²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ-chhe
    • Tâi-lô: sann-tshe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svazhef
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sã⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sam-chhe
    • Tâi-lô: sam-tshe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: samzhef
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 三叉

1. (attributive) branching in three directions; three-way
2. (anatomy, attributive) trigeminal

Synonyms

• (trident): 三叉戟 (sānchājǐ)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
三	叉
みつ Grade: 1	また Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Compound of 三つ (mitsu, “three”) +‎ 叉 (mata, “fork, bifurcation”).

Alternative forms

• 三つ股, 三つ叉, 三つ俣
• 三椏 (limited to the "bush" sense)

Noun

三(みつ)叉(また) • (mitsumata) 

1. a three-way fork, such as in a road, river, or tree
2. a trident
3. Alternative spelling of 三椏: the paper bush, , from the way the bush branches in threes

   This sense is more commonly spelled 三椏 in kanji. As with many terms naming organisms, this is often spelled in katakana in biology contexts, as ミツマタ.

Proper noun

三(みつ)叉(また) • (Mitsumata) 

1. an area along the Sumida River in Tokyo between the Shin Ōhashi and the Kiyosu-bashi bridges, near the inlet of the Onagi Canal

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
三	叉
さん Grade: 1	さ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 三叉. Compare modern Mandarin 三叉 (sānchā).

Noun

三(さん)叉(さ) • (sansa) 

1. a three-way fork, such as in a road, river, or tree