叉 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

fork in road, crotch

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シャ
  • サイ
Kun (native)
  • また
Other languages
  • 拼音cha1
  • 拼音cha2
  • 拼音cha3
  • 拼音cha4
  • 한글cha
  • Hán-ViệtXoa

Basics

Strokes
3 strokes
Radical
又(また)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+53C9

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿴又丶

Words using this kanji

  • 叉銃さじゅう戦場での休憩などで小銃三丁を三角錐のように組むこと。stacked arms
  • 叉焼チャーシュー「チャーシュー」を参照。roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)
  • 叉骨さこつ鳥類の左右の鎖骨が間鎖骨を介して融合連結する1つのV字状の骨。別名、暢思骨。furcula, furculum
  • 叉状さじょう交差した状態。forked, branched, dichotomous, furcate
  • 叉手網さであみdip net, scoop net
  • 叉焼包チャーシューバオcha siu bao
  • 叉状分岐さじょうぶんきdichotomous branching

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(37 results)

Similar-looking kanji

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

Lookup codes

SKIP
4-3-1
Four Corner
7740.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2h1.1
Heisig
2923
Nelson
856