叉
chācháchǎ HSK5

fork, prong

叉 chā frequency
fork noun
a tool with prongs or a single prong such as a pitchfork or harpoon

猎人举起钢叉，猛地向野兽刺去。

liè​rén jǔ​qǐ gāng chā, měng​de xiàng yě​shòu cì qù.

The hunter raised his steel fork and thrust it fiercely at the beast.

cross noun
to intersect or mark with an X shape

老师在我的作业上画了一个大叉。

lǎo​shī zài wǒ de zuò​yè shàng huà le yī gè dà chā.

The teacher drew a big cross on my homework.

叉 chá
cross verb
to cross or interlace, such as fingers or limbs

他把手指叉在一起。

tā bǎ shǒu​zhǐ chá zài yī​qǐ.

He interlaced his fingers.

stuck verb
to be jammed, wedged, or stuck in a narrow opening

鱼刺叉在嗓子里了。

yú cì chá zài sǎng​zi lǐ le.

A fish bone got stuck in his throat.

叉 chǎ
open legs verb
to open or spread apart (as legs)

他叉着腿坐在椅子上。

tā chǎ zhe tuǐ zuò zài yǐ​zi shàng.

He sat on the chair with his legs apart.

diverge verb
to branch off or diverge

这条路在这里叉开了。

zhè tiáo lù zài zhè​lǐ chā​kāi le.

The road forks here.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,231st most common 27.4 per million
Movie subtitles
1,998th most common 19.3 per million appears in 11% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
6.32 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
11.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Strokes
3
Unicode
U+53C9

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)