Chinese Character 叉 Meanings and components.

Form

叉

Meaning

叉 meaning^[3] in English

Fork.

Pitchfork.

Prong.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 叉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (once) again (又) , and 'dot' radical in … (丶)

Its radical^[1] is: 又 (you4) which means: (Once) Again, Also, Both... And..., And Yet, (Used For Emphasis) Anyway, .又you4(once) again

In cangjie it is written with EI

How to write 叉

To write叉cha1fork you should write a combination of 又you4(once) again , 丶zhu3'dot' radical … arranged in a + shape:

又 + 丶 = 叉

叉 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 叉 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 叉, looks as follow:

叉

Pinyin:cha1 Shape:+

Meaning^[3]: Fork . Pitchfork . Prong . Pick . Cross . Intersect . 'X'

又

Pinyin:you4

Meaning^[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

丶

Pinyin:zhu3

Meaning^[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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