叉

叉 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+1, 3 strokes, cangjie input 水戈 (EI) or 難水戈 (XEI), four-corner 1740₀, composition ⿴又丶)

• 㕚 𨙳 𭃆 𭃇 㣾 扠 汊 𡰫 𤜫 𫩗 杈 肞 𥘓 䀑 䂘 钗 䑡 紁 芆 衩 𥫢 𦔹 䟕 蚤 訍 𧢷 𪝃 釵 𮣸 靫 𫘅

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 165, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3116
• Dae Jaweon: page 374, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 390, character 2
• Unihan data for U+53C9

Historical forms of the character 叉
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 又 + 丶.

叉

1. fork (pronged tool, including the eating utensil)
2. to use a fork; to pick up with a fork
3. (Wu) to pick up food with chopsticks
4. to cross; to intersect; to interlace
5. cross; X

   錯的答案打叉。／错的答案打叉。  ―  Cuò de dá'àn dǎ chā.  ―  Put a cross for the wrong answer.

6. Phonetic reading of × when used to replace offensive characters.

   傻×  ―  shǎ chā  ―  stupid [censored]

7. (chiefly Cantonese, euphemistic) A generic intensifier which can be substituted for any profane intensifier.

   冇叉用 [Cantonese]  ―  mou⁵ caa¹ jung⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  bleeping useless

8. (Cantonese) Short for 叉燒／叉烧 (“char siu”).

   叉雞飯／叉鸡饭 [Cantonese]  ―  caa¹ gai¹ faan⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  rice with char siu and steamed chicken

9. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to pinch
10. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) to speak rudely
11. (Wu) to play (mahjong)
12. (Xiang, of ducks and geese) to eat

叉

1. (Northeastern Mandarin) to block up; to jam

叉

1. to spread; to open; to fork; to separate
2. (Wu) to push something away; to move something away

叉

1. Alternative form of 杈 (chà, “fork of a branch”)
2. Alternative form of 岔 (chà, “diverge, branch off; fork in the road”)

From English charge. Doublet of 叉廚／叉厨 (caa¹ cyu⁴, “to charge (to accuse of a crime); charge (legal accusation)”).

叉

1. (Cantonese) to charge; to recharge

   幫我拎部手機去叉吖。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   帮我拎部手机去叉吖。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   bong¹ ngo⁵ ling¹ bou⁶ sau² gei¹ heoi³ caa¹ a¹. [Jyutping]

   Take my phone to recharge it for me.

• “叉”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. fork (また)
2. to stick, to insert, to stab (as with a fork) (さす)
3. to fold (one's arms) (こまねく, こまぬく)

• Go-on: しゃ (sha)
• Kan-on: さ (sa)
• Kun: また (mata, 叉); さす (sasu, 叉す); こまねく (komaneku, 叉く); こまぬく (komanuku, 叉く)

叉 (eumhun 갈래 차 (gallae cha))

1. Hanja form^? of 차 (“to cross; to intersect”).

• 교차 (交叉, gyocha, “crossing; intersecting”)
• 교차로 (交叉路, gyocharo, “crossroad”)

叉: Hán Nôm readings: xoa

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