chāzhǎ

pick up with fork or pincers

chā
to pick up with a fork
To pick up or stab something with a fork-like tool; to fork food or fish
to cross or prop
To cross one's fingers or hands; to prop one's hands on the waist
to fight
To exchange blows or fight with someone
to seize
To seize someone by the neck or arms to force them out
forked tool
A tool with two or more long tines, such as a fish spear or a pitchfork
zhǎ
to span
To measure length using the distance between the thumb and the tip of the middle or little finger; also used as a unit of measurement for this distance

Cross-References

Same as

Frequency

Written text
0.003 per million

Details

Strokes
6
Unicode
U+6260

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)