# 岔

| 岔 | U+5C94, &#23700; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C94 |
| ← 岓 [U+5C93] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 岕 → [U+5C95] |

## Translingual
### Han character

岔 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 金尸竹山 (CSHU), four-corner 8077$_2$, composition ⿱分山)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 308, character 33
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7944
* Dae Jaweon: page 608, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 764, character 2
* Unihan data for U+5C94

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 分 (“split; division”) + 山 (“mountain”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chà (cha$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caa$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chha / chhe / chhee
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chà
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chà
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^4$
*** Yale: chà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chah
*** Palladius: ча (ča)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chàr
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chàr
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: chàr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chall
*** Palladius: чар (čar)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɑɻ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caa$^3$
*** Yale: cha
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ca$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaː³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha
*** Tâi-lô: tsha
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhaf
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe
*** Tâi-lô: tshe
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhef
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe³³/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhee
*** Tâi-lô: tshee
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴/
* chha - literary;
* chhe/chhee - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: tsrhaeH
Rime :
| Character | 岔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 初 (19) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 楚嫁切 |
| Baxter | tsrhaeH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃʰˠa$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂʰᵚa$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃʰa$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂʰaɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃʰa$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃʰa$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂʰa$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chà |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | caa$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰraːs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 岔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1202 |
| Phonetic component | 岔 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰraːs/ |
| Notes | 䟕晚起分化字 |

### Definitions

岔
* to diverge; to branch
* to turn
* to change the topic of conversation
* branch (of a river)
* fork in the road; junction of a road
* trouble

### Compounds

* 三岔 (Sānchà)
* 三岔路
* 三岔路口 (sānchà lùkǒu)
* 亂岔岔／乱岔岔
* 交岔路口
* 八岔
* 出岔
* 出岔兒／出岔儿
* 出岔子 (chū chàzi)
* 分岔 (fēnchà)
* 岔兒／岔儿
* 岔劈兒／岔劈儿
* 岔口 (chàkǒu)
* 岔子 (chàzi)
* 岔巴子
* 岔批兒／岔批儿
* 岔換／岔换 (chàhuàn)
* 岔曲 (chàqǔ)
* 岔氣／岔气 (chàqì)
* 岔流 (chàliú)
* 岔眼
* 岔路 (chàlù)
* 岔道 (chàdào)
* 岔錯／岔错
* 岔開／岔开
* 弄岔
* 打岔 (dǎchà)
* 找岔子 (zhǎo chàzi)
* 扳岔子
* 拿岔兒／拿岔儿
* 挑斜岔兒／挑斜岔儿
* 搭岔兒／搭岔儿
* 旁岔兒／旁岔儿
* 眼岔 (yǎnchà)
* 答岔兒／答岔儿
* 說岔／说岔

### References

* “岔”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): さ (sa)、た (ta)、ふん (fun)
* Kun: まちがう (machigau)、くいちがう (kuichigau)

## Korean
### Hanja

岔 (eum 차 (cha))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

岔: Hán Nôm readings: xá
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#### References

* Nom Foundation