Chinese Character 岔 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

岔 meaning[3] in English

Fork In Road.

Bifurcation.

Branch In Road, River, Mountain Range Etc.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to divide (分) , and surname Shan (山)

Its radical[1] is: (shan1) which means: Surname Shan, .shan1surname Shan

In cangjie it is written with CSHU

How to write 岔

To writecha4fork in … you should write a combination of fen1to divide , shan1surname Shan arranged in a shape:

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岔 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:cha4 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Fork In Road . Bifurcation . Branch In Road, River, Mountain Range Etc . To Branch Off . To Turn Off . To Diverge . To Stray (From The Path) . To Change The Subject . To Interrupt . To Stagger (Times)

Pinyin:fen1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: To Divide . To Separate . To Distribute . To Allocate . To Distinguish (Good And Bad) . Part Or Subdivision . Fraction . One Tenth (Of Certain Units) . Unit Of Length Equivalent To 0.33 Cm . Minute (Unit Of Time) . Minute (Angular Measurement Unit) . A Point (In Sports Or Games) . 0.01 Yuan (Unit Of Money)

Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao

Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shan

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 岔in English or Chinese