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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- cha1
- English meanings
- fork, pitchfork, prong, pick, cross, intersect, 'X', to cross, be stuck, to diverge, to open (as legs)
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Full enclosure structure
Full enclosure arrangement: outside 又; inside 丶.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
observe; examine
fork; interrupt; divert
lack
tip
audit
tea
surprised; astonished
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Related words
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- 交叉
- 叉子