叉 — Chinese character
叉
chā
fork; prong; cross, intersect
- Pinyin
- chā
- Radical
- 29 ⼜ (Again)
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- 又 丶
- Formation
- ideographic — A hand 又 grasping an object 丶
- Japanese
- 叉 as a kanji
Common words with 叉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交叉 | jiāo chā | to cross; to intersect |
| 分叉 | fēn chà | to branch; to fork; fork; branch; bifurcation |
| 交叉口 | jiāo chā kǒu | (road) intersection |
| 三叉戟 | sān chā jǐ | trident |
| 叉车 (叉車) | chā chē | forklift truck; pallet jack |
| 夜叉 | yè chā | yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword); (fig.) ferocious-looking person |
| 叉子 | chā zi | fork; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 鱼叉 (魚叉) | yú chā | harpoon |
| 刀叉 | dāo chā | knife and fork; measure word: 副 (fù) |
| 叉烧 (叉燒) | chā shāo | char siu; barbecued pork |
| 交叉点 (交叉點) | jiāo chā diǎn | junction; crossroads; (geometry) point of intersection |
| 牛叉 | niú chā | see 牛屄 (niú bī) (euphemistic synonym of 牛屄 (niú bī)) |
English words written with 叉
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.