chācháchǎ HSK5

fork, prong

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approved by Peter Olson · Oct 18, 2021, 06:33 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 18, 2021, 06:33 PM

fingers

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Depicts an object being held between fingers in the hand ().

Components

Iconic component
yòu hand
Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts something being held in the hand.


Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰraːl
sʰreːl

說文解字

《說文》:“叉,手指相錯也。从又,象叉之形。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica