杈
chā

fork of a tree

Where two branches 木 fork 叉; 叉 also provides the pronunciation

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
叉
叉 SoundMeaning component
chā, chá, chǎ fork, prong

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰraːl
sʰraːls
sʰreːls
Unicodechrɛ̀i

說文解字

枝也。从木叉聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)