叉

chā

HSK 54 readings

“Fork” in Chinese is 叉 (chā).

Other characters with the syllable cha: see all 9 →

Meaning

fork
pitchfork
prong

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pick
cross
intersect
"X"
to cross
be stuck
to diverge
to open (as legs)
used in 劈叉[pi3 cha4]
used in 分叉[fen1 cha4]

Example

用叉子和筷子的人经常觉得不用叉子和筷子的人不文明。

Those who use forks or chopsticks often think people who don't are uncivilized.

From 叉子 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

chāfork / pitchfork / prong / pick / cross / intersect / "X"
cháto cross / be stuck
chǎto diverge / to open (as legs)

Stroke Order

3 strokes

Words containing 叉

叉子chāziforkHSK 5 交叉jiāochāto crossHSK 7-9

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