岔 — Chinese character
岔
chà
to diverge, to branch; junction, fork in the road
- Pinyin
- chà
- Radical
- 46 ⼭ (Mountain)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 分 山
- Formation
- ideographic — A road being split 分 by a mountain 山
- Japanese
- 岔 as a kanji
Common words with 岔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 岔路 | chà lù | fork in the road |
| 岔开 (岔開) | chà kāi | to diverge; to branch off the road |
| 岔子 | chà zi | branch road; setback |
| 分岔 | fēn chà | (formal) to bifurcate; to branch; (formal) bifurcation; branching |
| 岔道 | chà dào | side road; byway |
| 打岔 | dǎ chà | interruption; to interrupt (esp. talk) |
| 道岔 | dào chà | railroad switch |
| 岔口 | chà kǒu | junction; fork in road |
| 出岔子 | chū chà zi | to go wrong; to take a wrong turning |
| 隔三岔五 | gé sān chà wǔ | variant of 隔三差五 (gé sān chà wǔ) |
| 找岔子 | zhǎo chà zi | to look for blemishes; to find fault |
| 岔流 | chà liú | branch stream |
English words written with 岔
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.