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分岔

fēn chà

2-character word

What 分岔 means

1. (formal) to bifurcate; to branch
2. (formal) bifurcation; branching

The characters in 分岔

• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 岔chàfork in road; bifurcation; branch in road, river, mountain range etc

Sounds the same

Read fēn chà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 分叉to branch; to fork; fork; branch; bifurcation
• 分汊(hydrology) (of a river) to diverge; to branch