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杈

chā

Character

What 杈 means

1. fork of a tree
2. pitchfork

Other readings

杈 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• chàbranches of a tree; fork of a tree

Words containing 杈

• 丫杈yā chàfork (of a tree); tool made of forked wood
• 打杈dǎ chàto prune (branches)
• 桠杈yā chàvariant of 丫杈

Characters built on 叉

These share the phonetic component 叉 (chā), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 衩chǎopen seam of a garment; shorts; panties
• 汊chàbranching stream

Sounds the same

Read chā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 插to insert; stick in; pierce
• 叉fork; pitchfork; prong
• 喳used in 喳喳
• 嚓used in 咔嚓; Taiwan pr. cā
• 差difference; discrepancy; (math) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction)…
• 锸spade; shovel
• 扠to fork
• 臿to separate the grain from the husk
• 艖raft; boat
• 馇to cook and stir (animal feed); (colloquial) to simmer (porridge etc)