# 叉

| 叉 | U+53C9, &#21449; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53C9 |
| ← 又 [U+53C8] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 及 → [U+53CA] |

## Translingual
### Han character

叉 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 水戈 (EI) or 難水戈 (XEI), four-corner 1740$_0$, composition ⿴又丶)

#### Derived characters

* 㕚 𨙳 𭃆 𭃇 㣾 扠 汊 𡰫 𤜫 𫩗 杈 肞 𥘓 䀑 䂘 钗 䑡 紁 芆 衩 𥫢 𦔹 䟕 蚤 訍 𧢷 𪝃 釵 𮣸 靫 𫘅

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 165, character 1
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3116
* Dae Jaweon: page 374, character 15
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 390, character 2
* Unihan data for U+53C9

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 叉 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 叉 | *sʰraːl, *sʰreːl |
| 杈 | *sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːls |
| 靫 | *sʰraːl, *sʰreːl |
| 汊 | *sʰraːls |
| 衩 | *sʰraːls, *sʰreːls |
| 扠 | *hr'eːl |
| 釵 | *sʰreːl |
| 芆 | *sʰreːl |
| 訍 | *sʰreːls |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 又 + 丶.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): chā (cha$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ca$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caa$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ca$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhâ
* Jin (Wiktionary): ca$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhe / chhee / chha
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cê$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tsho; $^1$tsha
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ca$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chā
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cha
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^1$
*** Yale: chā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cha
*** Palladius: ча (ča)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (叉兒 / 叉儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chār
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: char
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: chār
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chal
*** Palladius: чар (čar)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɑɻ⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ca$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ca
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caa$^1$
*** Yale: chā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ca$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ca$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰa⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: ca$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ca$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa²⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ca$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰa¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe
*** Tâi-lô: tshe
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhef
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhee
*** Tâi-lô: tshee
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha
*** Tâi-lô: tsha
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhaf
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
* chhe/chhee - vernacular;
* chha - literary (used in Quanzhou for “cross”, not usually used elsewhere).
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit叉 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁵¹/ /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴⁴/ ～子 /ʈ͡ʂʰa²⁴/ ～住了 |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡sʰɑ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰa²⁴/ 魚～ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡sʰa²¹/ ～子 /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ ～開 |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰa³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂʰa̠⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂʰɑ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰa⁵³/ ～腿 /t͡sʰa¹¹/ ～車 |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡sʰɑ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡sʰa³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡sʰo⁵³/ /t͡sʰa⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡sʰo⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡sʰɑ³³/ /t͡sʰɑ⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡sʰo³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʰa³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡sʰɔ¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sʰa³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡sʰɒ³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sʰɑ⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /t͡sʰɑ²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰa⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ /t͡sʰe⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sʰa⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡sʰe³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /sa²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: tsrhea, tsrhae
Rime :
| Character | 叉 | 叉 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 初 (19) | 初 (19) |
| Final (韻) | 佳 (31) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | II |
| Fanqie | 楚佳切 | 初加切 |
| Baxter | tsrhea | tsrhae |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃʰˠɛ/ | /t͡ʃʰˠa/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂʰᵚæ/ | /ʈ͡ʂʰᵚa/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃʰæi/ | /t͡ʃʰa/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂʰaɨj/ | /ʈ͡ʂʰaɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃʰɛ/ | /t͡ʃʰa/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃʰai/ | /t͡ʃʰa/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂʰai/ | /ʈ͡ʂʰa/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chāi | chā |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | caai$^1$ | caa$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰraːl/, /*sʰreːl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 叉 | 叉 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 1175 | 1184 |
| Phonetic component | 叉 | 叉 |
| Rime group | 歌 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 叉 | 釵 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰraːl/ | /*sʰreːl/ |

##### Definitions

叉
* fork (pronged tool, including the eating utensil)
* to use a fork; to pick up with a fork
* (Wu) to pick up food with chopsticks
* to cross; to intersect; to interlace
* cross; X
    錯的答案打叉。／错的答案打叉。 ― Cuò de dá'àn dǎ chā. ― Put a cross for the wrong answer.
* Phonetic reading of × when used to replace offensive characters.
    傻× ― shǎ chā ― stupid
* (chiefly Cantonese, euphemistic) A generic intensifier which can be substituted for any profane intensifier.
    冇叉用 [Cantonese] ― mou$^5$ caa$^1$ jung$^6$ [Jyutping] ― bleeping useless
* (Cantonese) Short for 叉燒／叉烧 (“char siu”).
    叉雞飯／叉鸡饭 [Cantonese] ― caa$^1$ gai$^1$ faan$^6$ [Jyutping] ― rice with char siu and steamed chicken
* (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to pinch
* (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to speak rudely
* (Wu) to play (mahjong)
* (Xiang, of ducks and geese) to eat

###### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 叉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 叉兒, 叉子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 叉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 叉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 叉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 叉叉兒, 錯號兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 叉叉子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 叉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 叉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 叉子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 交叉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 交叉 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 叉 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 叉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 叉 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 叉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 叉 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 叉仔 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 參叉 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 叉 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 叉子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 叉兒, 叉子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 叉子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 叉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 叉 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 叉叉子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 叉子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 叉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 叉 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 叉 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 叉子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 叉仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 攕仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 刺仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 插仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 插仔, 叉仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 插 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 插仔, 叉仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 攕子, 插子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 叉 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 攕仔, 叉仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 攕仔, 鑿仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 攕 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 攕仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 叉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 叉 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 叉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 戳 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 叉 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 叉 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 叉 |

#### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chá, chā (cha$^2$, cha$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ, ㄔㄚ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chá
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chá
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^2$
*** Yale: chá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: char
*** Palladius: ча (ča)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chā
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cha
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^1$
*** Yale: chā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cha
*** Palladius: ча (ča)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit叉 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁵¹/ /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴⁴/ ～子 /ʈ͡ʂʰa²⁴/ ～住了 |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡sʰɑ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰa²⁴/ 魚～ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡sʰa²¹/ ～子 /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ ～開 |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰa³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂʰa̠⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂʰɑ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰa⁵³/ ～腿 /t͡sʰa¹¹/ ～車 |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡sʰɑ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡sʰa³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡sʰo⁵³/ /t͡sʰa⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡sʰo⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡sʰɑ³³/ /t͡sʰɑ⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡sʰo³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʰa³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡sʰɔ¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sʰa³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡sʰɒ³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sʰɑ⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /t͡sʰɑ²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰa⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ /t͡sʰe⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sʰa⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡sʰe³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /sa²³/ |

##### Definitions

叉
* (Northeastern Mandarin) to block up; to jam

#### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chǎ, chā (cha$^3$, cha$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˇ, ㄔㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caa$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ca$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tsho
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chǎ
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chǎ
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^3$
*** Yale: chǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaa
*** Palladius: ча (ča)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰä²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chā
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cha
*** Wade–Giles: chʻa$^1$
*** Yale: chā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cha
*** Palladius: ча (ča)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caa$^1$
*** Yale: chā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ca$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ca$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰa⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tsho
*** MiniDict: tsho$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tsho
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰo⁵³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit叉 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁵¹/ /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴⁴/ ～子 /ʈ͡ʂʰa²⁴/ ～住了 |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡sʰɑ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰa²⁴/ 魚～ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡sʰa²¹/ ～子 /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ ～開 |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰa³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂʰa̠⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂʰɑ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰa⁵³/ ～腿 /t͡sʰa¹¹/ ～車 |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡sʰɑ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡sʰa³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡sʰo⁵³/ /t͡sʰa⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡sʰo⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡sʰɑ³³/ /t͡sʰɑ⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡sʰo³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʰa³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡sʰɔ¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sʰa³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡sʰɒ³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sʰɑ⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /t͡sʰɑ²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰa⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ /t͡sʰe⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sʰa⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡sʰe³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /sa²³/ |

##### Definitions

叉
* to spread; to open; to fork; to separate
* (Wu) to push something away; to move something away

#### Pronunciation 4

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chà (cha$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): caa$^3$
* 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) (叉兒 / 叉儿)
*** 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/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit叉 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁵¹/ /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴⁴/ ～子 /ʈ͡ʂʰa²⁴/ ～住了 |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡sʰɑ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰa²⁴/ 魚～ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡sʰa²¹/ ～子 /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ ～開 |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰa³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂʰa̠⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂʰɑ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂʰa²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰa⁵³/ ～腿 /t͡sʰa¹¹/ ～車 |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡sʰɑ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡sʰa³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡sʰo⁵³/ /t͡sʰa⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡sʰo⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡sʰɑ³³/ /t͡sʰɑ⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡sʰo³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʰa³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡sʰɔ¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sʰa³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡sʰɒ³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sʰɑ⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /t͡sʰɑ²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰa⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/ /t͡sʰe⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sʰa⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡sʰe³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /sa²³/ |

##### Definitions

叉
* Alternative form of 杈 (chà, “fork of a branch”)
* Alternative form of 岔 (chà, “diverge, branch off; fork in the road”)

#### Compounds

* 三叉口 (sānchākǒu)
* 三叉神經 / 三叉神经
* 三叉路 (sānchālù)
* 丫叉
* 交叉 (jiāochā)
* 交叉口 (jiāochākǒu)
* 交叉感染 (jiāochā gǎnrǎn)
* 交叉線 / 交叉线 (jiāochāxiàn)
* 交叉點 / 交叉点 (jiāochādiǎn)
* 仰八叉
* 仰剌叉
* 刀叉 (dāochā)
* 劈叉
* 叉劈
* 叉口
* 叉嘴
* 叉子 (chāzi)
* 叉手 (chāshǒu)
* 叉手吟
* 叉棍
* 叉灰泥
* 叉燒 / 叉烧 (chāshāo)
* 叉燒包 / 叉烧包 (chāshāobāo)
* 叉燒酥 / 叉烧酥 (chāshāosū)
* 叉爬子
* 叉牙
* 叉竿
* 叉股子話 / 叉股子话
* 叉腰 (chāyāo)
* 叉色
* 叉角羚 (chājiǎolíng)
* 叉路貨 / 叉路货
* 叉車 / 叉车 (chāchē)
* 叉門 / 叉门
* 叉魚 / 叉鱼
* 叉麻雀
* 吒叉
* 四仰八叉 (sìyǎngbāchā)
* 夜叉 (yèchā)
* 夜叉婆
* 夜叉星
* 式叉摩那 (shìchàmónà)
* 惡叉白賴 / 恶叉白赖
* 打叉 (dǎchā)
* 扛叉的
* 搗叉子 / 捣叉子
* 攩叉 / 挡叉
* 母夜叉 (mǔyèchā)
* 沒叉路 / 没叉路
* 瘦叉
* 立體交叉 / 立体交叉 (lìtǐ jiāochā)
* 笑面夜叉
* 羅叉 / 罗叉
* 肥叉
* 背叉
* 腳叉 / 脚叉
* 藥叉 / 药叉
* 褲叉兒 / 裤叉儿
* 鋼叉 / 钢叉
* 钂叉 / 镋叉
* 音叉 (yīnchā)
* 飛叉 / 飞叉
* 魔王夜叉
* 魚叉 / 鱼叉 (yúchā)

### Etymology 2

From English charge. Doublet of 叉廚 / 叉厨 (caa$^1$ cyu$^4$, “to charge (to accuse of a crime); charge (legal accusation)”).

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): caa$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: caa$^1$
*** Yale: chā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ca$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

叉
* (Cantonese) to charge; to recharge
       bong$^1$ ngo$^5$ ling$^1$ bou$^6$ sau$^2$ gei$^1$ heoi$^3$ caa$^1$ a$^1$. [Jyutping]
       Take my phone to recharge it for me.

#### Compounds

* 叉嘴
* 叉電 / 叉电 (caa$^1$ din$^6$)
* 叉電器 / 叉电器
* 叉頭 / 叉头
* 快叉
* 隨叉 / 随叉 (ceoi$^4$ caa$^1$)

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 叉 – see 衩 (“the open seam of a garment which allows freedom of movement”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 衩).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 4

* For pronunciation and definitions of 叉 – see 扠 (“pick up with fork or pincers,; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 扠).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 5

* For pronunciation and definitions of 叉 – see 杈 (“pitchfork; fork of a tree”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 杈).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Etymology 6

* For pronunciation and definitions of 叉 – see 汊 (“a branching stream”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 汊).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### References

* “叉”, 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

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* fork (また)
* to stick, to insert, to stab (as with a fork) (さす)
* to fold (one's arms) (こまねく, こまぬく)

#### Readings

* Go-on: しゃ (sha)
* Kan-on: さ (sa)
* Kun: また (mata, 叉)、さす (sasu, 叉す)、こまねく (komaneku, 叉く)、こまぬく (komanuku, 叉く)

#### Compounds

* 叉(チャー)焼(シュー) (chāshū): char siu, a style of barbecue pork wherein the meat is trussed, marinated, skewered, and then roasted

### Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 叉 – see the following entry. :
| 【股また】S | [noun] (anatomy) crotch, the space between the thighs [noun] fork in a tree, river, and so on Alternative spellings 胯, 俣 |
(This term, 叉, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

叉 (eumhun 갈래 차 (gallae cha))
* hanja form of 차 (“to cross; to intersect”)

#### Compounds

* 교차 (交叉, gyocha, “crossing; intersecting”)
* 교차로 (交叉路, gyocharo, “crossroad”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

叉: Hán Nôm readings: xoa
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.