Read Edit View history 汊 chà a branching stream Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents A stream 氵 that forks 叉; 叉 also provides the pronunciation Components 氵 氵 Meaning component shui, shuǐ water 叉 叉 SoundMeaning component chā, chá, chǎ fork, prong Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangsʰraːls Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang