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Chinese symbol for “forked”

叉形
chā xíng
forked

The closest CC-CEDICT match for forked is 叉形 (chā xíng), defined as: forked.

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

叉 chā
fork; prong; cross, intersect
radical 29 ⼜ · 3 strokes
形 xíng
form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
radical 59 ⼺ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 叉形.

WordPinyinMeaning
交叉jiāo chāto cross; to intersect
分叉fēn chàto branch; to fork; fork; branch; bifurcation
交叉口jiāo chā kǒu(road) intersection
三叉戟sān chā jǐtrident
叉车 (叉車)chā chēforklift truck; pallet jack
夜叉yè chāyaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword); (fig.) ferocious-looking person
形成xíng chéngto form; to take shape
形式xíng shìouter appearance; form

See also: Japanese symbol for “forked”.

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.

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