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岔
chà
1. fork in road
2. bifurcation
3. branch in road, river, mountain range etc
4. to branch off
5. to turn off
6. to diverge
7. to stray (from the path)
8. to change the subject
9. to interrupt
10. to stagger (times)
HSK 6 Common • Top 15% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

岔
chà
to diverge, to branch; junction, fork in the road
HSK 6 7 丶

Compound Words (18)

分岔
fēnchà
bifurcation
南岔
Nánchà
Nancha district of Yichun city [[伊春市<Yīchūnshì>]], Heilongjiang
岔口
chàkǒu
junction
岔子
chàzi
branch road
岔流
chàliú
branch stream
岔调
chàdiào
to lose one's voice (coll.)
岔路
chàlù
fork in the road
岔道
chàdào
side road
岔开
chàkāi
to diverge
打岔
dǎchà
interruption
眼岔
yǎnchà
to mistake for sth else
听岔
tīngchà
to mishear
道岔
dàochà
railroad switch
三岔口
Sānchàkǒu
At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from [[水滸傳|水浒传<ShuǐhǔZhuàn>]]
出岔子
chūchàzi
to go wrong
南岔区
Nánchàqū
Nancha district of Yichun city [[伊春市<Yīchūnshì>]], Heilongjiang
扳道岔
bāndàochà
railroad switch
找岔子
zhǎochàzi
to look for blemishes

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Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
3,133
Word Frequency Rank
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