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叉 chā

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叉 chā Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chā | cha1
English translation
fork
pitchfork
prong
pick
cross
intersect
"X"
to cross
be stuck
to diverge
to open (as legs)
fork; prong; cross, intersect

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About 叉 chā

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Number of strokes

3

Traditional form

叉 chā

Contains the radical

又 yòu

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A hand 又 yòu grasping an object 丶 diǎn

Etymology of 叉 chā

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿴又丶

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Example sentences using 叉 chā

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他 tā 连 Lián 刀叉 dāo chā 也 Yě 分 fēn 不 bù 清 Qīng .

He doesn't know a knife from a fork.

最初 zuìchū 粗糙 cūcāo 地 de 刻 kè 在 zài 墓碑 mù bēi 上 shǎng 的 de 骷髅 kū lóu 与 yú 交叉 jiāochā 的 de 大腿骨图形 tú xíng ,已为带 dài 翅膀 chìbǎng 的 de 天使 tiān shǐ 所 suǒ 代替 dàitì .

The skull - and - crossbones crudely carved on the first tombstones was replaced by a winged cherub.

他 tā 两 liǎng 腿 tuǐ 完全 wánquán 叉 chā 开 kāi 地站着 zhāo .

He stood with his legs wide apart.

这 zhè 两 liǎng 条路交叉 jiāochā 成 Chéng 45度角.

The two roads lie at an angle of about 45 degrees.

树干 shù gàn 的 de 浓 nóng 阴 Yīn 里 lǐ 那 Nā 个 gè 人 rén 把 bǎ 交叉 jiāochā 的 de 双 Shuāng 腿 tuǐ 放开 fàng kāi ,用 yòng 脚趾 jiǎo zhǐ 掘 jué 着 zhāo 泥土 ní tǔ .

The man in the absolute shade uncrossed his legs and dug with toes at the earth.

Words with 叉 chā

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
交叉 jiāochā to cross交叉 jiāochā
叉 chā fork叉 chā
叉子 chāzi fork叉子 chāzi
分叉 fēn chà fork分叉 fēn chà
鱼叉 yú chā harpoon魚叉
交叉口 jiāo chā kǒu (road) intersection交叉口 jiāo chā kǒu
刀叉 dāo chā knife and fork刀叉 dāo chā
夜叉 yè chā (fig.) ferocious-looking person夜叉 yè chā
叉烧 chā shāo char siu叉燒
劈叉 pǐ chà to do the splits劈叉 pǐ chà
交叉点 jiāo chā diǎn junction交叉點
叉车 chā chē forklift truck叉車
三叉戟 sān chā jǐ trident三叉戟 sān chā jǐ
叉腰 chā yāo also written 插腰 chā yāo [chā​yāo]叉腰 chā yāo
三叉神经 sān chā shén jīng trigeminal nerve三叉神經
母夜叉 mǔ yè chā witch母夜叉 mǔ yè chā
音叉 yīn chā tuning fork音叉 yīn chā
立体交叉 lì tǐ jiāo chā overpass立體交叉
四仰八叉 sì yǎng bā chā sprawled out on one's back (idiom)四仰八叉 sì yǎng bā chā
二叉树 èr chā shù binary tree二叉樹

叉 chā Decomposition & Compounds

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叉 chā Decomposition

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叉 chā Compounds

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  • 叉 chā
    • 蚤 zǎo
      • 骚 sāo , 搔 sāo , 瘙 sào , 慅 sāo , 糔 xiǔ , 颾, 溞, 瑵, 騷 sāo , 鰠, 鳋 sāo , 鼜
    • 衩 chǎ , 杈 chā , 扠 chā , 汊 chà , 钗 chāi , 芆, 訍, 釵 chāi , 靫
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