Chinese symbol for “fork”
叉
chā
fork; pitchfork; prong; pick
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fork is 叉 (chā), defined as: fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “fork”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丫 | yā | fork; branch |
| 叉子 | chā zi | fork; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 前叉 | qián chā | fork (bicycle component) |
| 分叉 | fēn chà | to branch; to fork; fork; branch; bifurcation |
| 扠 | chā | to fork |
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 “fork”.
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.