杈 — Chinese character
杈
chā
pitchfork; tree fork
- Pinyin
- chā
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 木 叉
- Formation
- ideographic — Where two branches 木 fork 叉; 叉 also provides the pronunciation
Common words with 杈
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打杈 | dǎ chà | to prune (branches) |
| 丫杈 | yā chà | fork (of a tree); tool made of forked wood |
| 桠杈 (椏杈) | yā chà | variant of 丫杈 (yā chà) |
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.