Chinese symbol for “diverge”
叉
chǎ
to diverge; to open (as legs)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for diverge is 叉 (chǎ), defined as: to diverge; to open (as legs).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “diverge”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分流 | fēn liú | to diverge; to divert; to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc); to stream (students into different programs); to reassign (redundant staff) |
| 岔开 (岔開) | chà kāi | to diverge; to branch off the road |
| 分支 | fēn zhī | branch (of company, river etc); to branch |
| 偏离 (偏離) | piān lí | to deviate; to diverge |
| 发散 (發散) | fā sàn | to disperse; to diverge |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “diverge”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.