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叉
chá
1. to cross
2. be stuck
Common • Top 9% ✏️ 3 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

叉
chā
fork; prong; cross, intersect
HSK 5 3 丶

Compound Words (20)

叉形
chāxíng
forked
叉架
chājià
trestle
叉烧
chāshāo
char siu
音叉
yīnchā
tuning fork
叉积
chājī
cross product (of vectors)
叉簧
chāhuáng
switch hook (button or cradle of a telephone, whose function is to disconnect the call)
钢叉
gāngchā
pitchfork
河叉
héchà
river mouth
夜叉
yèchā
yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword)
叉头
chātóu
prong of a fork
交叉
jiāochā
to cross
HSK 6
傻叉
shǎchā
fool
刀叉
dāochā
knife and fork
分叉
fēnchà
fork
劈叉
pǐchà
the splits (move in dancing)
叉子
chāzi
fork
HSK 5
叉车
chāchē
forklift truck
鱼叉
yúchā
harpoon
三叉戟
sānchājǐ
trident
二叉树
èrchāshù
binary tree

Alternate Entries

叉
chā
fork / pitchfork / prong / pick / cross / intersect / "X"
叉
chǎ
to diverge / to open (as legs)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
2,230
Word Frequency Rank
7,818 of 84,292