叉
HSK 5freq #7708
Meanings
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- 1.to cross
- 2.be stuck
- 1.to diverge
- 2.to open (as legs)
- 1.used in 劈叉[pǐ chà]
- 2.used in 分叉[fēn chà]
- 1.fork
- 2.pitchfork
- 3.prong
- 4.pick
- 5.cross
- 6.intersect
- 7."X"
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Wiktionary
- 1.fork (pronged tool, including the eating utensil)
- 2.to use a fork; to pick up with a fork
- 3.to pick up food with chopsticks
- 4.to cross; to intersect; to interlace
- 5.cross; X
- 6.Phonetic reading of × when used to replace offensive characters.
- 7.A generic intensifier which can be substituted for any profane intensifier.
- 8.to pinch
- 9.to speak rudely
- 10.to play (mahjong)
- 11.to eat
- 12.to block up; to jam
- 13.to spread; to open; to fork; to separate
- 14.to push something away; to move something away
- 15.to charge; to recharge
- 16.fork for spearing or farming; alternative form of 叉
- 17.to pick up or spear with a fork or chopsticks
- 18.to clasp (one's hands)
- 19.to punch; to spar, fight
- 20.to shove, push
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 又 + 丶.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
请给我们两把刀和四把叉。
Give us two knives and four forks, please.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Related words
交叉 to cross叉子 fork叉形 forked傻叉 fool叉圈 XO ("extra old"), grade of cognac quality叉积 cross product (of vectors)叉头 prong of a fork钢叉 pitchfork夜叉 yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword)分叉 to branch; to fork劈叉 the splits (move in dancing)叉簧 switch hook (button or cradle of a telephone, whose function is to disconnect the call)