岔

Translingual

Han character

岔 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 金尸竹山 (CSHU), four-corner 8077₂, composition ⿱分山)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 308, character 33
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7944
• Dae Jaweon: page 608, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 764, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5C94

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Chinese

trad.		岔
simp. #		岔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chà (cha⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caa³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chha / chhe / chhee

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chà
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chà
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴
    • Yale: chà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chah
    • Palladius: ча (ča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caa³
    • Yale: cha
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ca³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha
    • Tâi-lô: tsha
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhaf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe
    • Tâi-lô: tshe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhee
    • Tâi-lô: tshee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴/

Note:

• chha - literary;
• chhe/chhee - vernacular.

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• Middle Chinese: tsrhaeH

Rime
Character	岔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	楚嫁切
Baxter	tsrhaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨH/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰaH/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caa3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰraːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	岔
Reading #	1/1
No.	1202
Phonetic component	岔
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sʰraːs/
Notes	䟕晚起分化字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 岔

1. to diverge; to branch
2. fork in the road

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Japanese

Kanji

岔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): さ (sa); た (ta); ふん (fun)
• Kun: まちがう (machigau); くいちがう (kuichigau)

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Korean

Hanja

岔 (eum 차 (cha))

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Vietnamese

Han character

岔: Hán Nôm readings: xá

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References

• Nom Foundation