Read Edit View history 叉 chācháchǎ HSK5 fork, prong Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts an object being held between fingers in the hand (又). Pinyin Separate values with commas chā ×chá ×chǎ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 叉 Simp strokes 叉 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts something being held in the hand. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 叉 Simp strokes 叉 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 叉 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 324, 625 ], [ 357, 624 ], [ 446, 640 ], [ 635, 690 ], [ 650, 687 ], [ 675, 664 ], [ 649, 529 ], [ 608, 408 ], [ 548, 298 ], [ 502, 238 ], [ 446, 189 ], [ 380, 150 ], [ 302, 118 ], [ 165, 83 ] ], [ [ 303, 474 ], [ 365, 440 ], [ 571, 217 ], [ 653, 145 ], [ 721, 97 ], [ 794, 80 ], [ 968, 60 ] ], [ [ 376, 559 ], [ 457, 520 ], [ 487, 486 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 557 267 Q 647 391 698 598 Q 705 635 726 655 Q 742 671 723 688 Q 701 704 663 718 Q 641 725 617 712 Q 508 660 355 642 Q 327 638 315 631 Q 306 624 326 613 Q 354 600 395 615 Q 504 639 610 663 Q 632 670 634 645 Q 634 588 605 479 Q 575 382 519 302 L 493 268 Q 487 264 483 256 Q 393 165 165 91 Q 149 87 159 78 Q 168 72 198 78 Q 345 97 431 146 Q 482 177 526 227 L 557 267 Z", "M 526 227 Q 593 148 681 66 Q 703 41 738 40 Q 844 36 932 46 Q 977 50 974 62 Q 973 68 928 83 Q 750 135 699 162 Q 633 198 557 267 L 519 302 Q 458 362 397 434 Q 358 479 320 481 Q 301 482 297 477 Q 294 470 311 457 Q 378 412 493 268 L 526 227 Z", "M 397 529 Q 430 507 465 480 Q 477 470 489 472 Q 498 473 501 484 Q 504 497 495 520 Q 483 550 390 567 Q 377 568 372 567 Q 368 563 370 553 Q 374 544 397 529 Z" ] } 3 strokes 叉 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 324, 625 ], [ 357, 624 ], [ 446, 640 ], [ 635, 690 ], [ 650, 687 ], [ 675, 664 ], [ 649, 529 ], [ 608, 408 ], [ 548, 298 ], [ 502, 238 ], [ 446, 189 ], [ 380, 150 ], [ 302, 118 ], [ 165, 83 ] ], [ [ 303, 474 ], [ 365, 440 ], [ 571, 217 ], [ 653, 145 ], [ 721, 97 ], [ 794, 80 ], [ 968, 60 ] ], [ [ 376, 559 ], [ 457, 520 ], [ 487, 486 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 557 267 Q 647 391 698 598 Q 705 635 726 655 Q 742 671 723 688 Q 701 704 663 718 Q 641 725 617 712 Q 508 660 355 642 Q 327 638 315 631 Q 306 624 326 613 Q 354 600 395 615 Q 504 639 610 663 Q 632 670 634 645 Q 634 588 605 479 Q 575 382 519 302 L 493 268 Q 487 264 483 256 Q 393 165 165 91 Q 149 87 159 78 Q 168 72 198 78 Q 345 97 431 146 Q 482 177 526 227 L 557 267 Z", "M 526 227 Q 593 148 681 66 Q 703 41 738 40 Q 844 36 932 46 Q 977 50 974 62 Q 973 68 928 83 Q 750 135 699 162 Q 633 198 557 267 L 519 302 Q 458 362 397 434 Q 358 479 320 481 Q 301 482 297 477 Q 294 470 311 457 Q 378 412 493 268 L 526 227 Z", "M 397 529 Q 430 507 465 480 Q 477 470 489 472 Q 498 473 501 484 Q 504 497 495 520 Q 483 550 390 567 Q 377 568 372 567 Q 368 563 370 553 Q 374 544 397 529 Z" ] } 3 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.