岔 (caa3 | cha4) : forked road; to branch off; to interrupt

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岔

caa3

cha4

[1] [n] fork; branch; forked road [2][v] diverge; branch off [3] [v] interrupt or change the topic [4] [v] stagger; space out [5] [n] accident; trouble; mistake [6] [v] (of voice) sound unnatural; become hoarse

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 山 (#46)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

岔

This word has been viewed 3098 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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岔口 caa3 hau2 cha4 kou3 = road fork

三岔口 saam1 caa3 hau2 san1 cha4 kou3 = At The Crossroads, the name of a famous opera, story from Shui Hu Zhuan

打岔 daa2 caa3 da3 cha4 = interrupt, interruption; cut in

分岔口 fan1 caa3 hau2 fen1 cha4 kou3 = road fork

岔氣 caa3 hei3 cha4 qi4 = side stitch

南岔 naam4 caa3 nan2 cha4 = Nancha (place in Heilongjiang)

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Decimal representation of this word: 岔
Unicode code for this character: U+5c94 (off-site link)

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