岔

岔	U+5C94, 岔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C94

← 岓
[U+5C93]

CJK Unified Ideographs

岕 →
[U+5C95]

Translingual

Han character

岔 (Kangxi radical 46, 山+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 金尸竹山 (CSHU), four-corner 8077₂, composition ⿱分山)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 308, character 33
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7944
Dae Jaweon: page 608, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 764, character 2
Unihan data for U+5C94

Chinese

trad.		岔
simp. ^#		岔

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 分 (“split; division”) + 山 (“mountain”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chà (cha⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): caa³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chha / chhe / chhee

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chà
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chà
  - Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴
  - Yale: chà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chah
  - Palladius: ча (ča)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chàr
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chàr
  - Wade–Giles: chʻa⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: chàr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chall
  - Palladius: чар (čar)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑɻ⁵¹/

Note: Erhuayin is chiefly for the noun senses.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: caa³
  - Yale: cha
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ca³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha
  - Tâi-lô: tsha
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe
  - Tâi-lô: tshe
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhef
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe³³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhee
  - Tâi-lô: tshee
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴/

Note:

chha - literary;
chhe/chhee - vernacular.

Middle Chinese: tsrhaeH

Rime
Character	岔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	楚嫁切
Baxter	tsrhaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠa^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚa^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰa^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨ^H/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰa^H/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰa^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰa^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caa³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sʰraːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	岔
Reading #	1/1
No.	1202
Phonetic component
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sʰraːs/
Notes	䟕晚起分化字

Definitions

岔

to diverge; to branch
to turn
to change the topic of conversation
branch (of a river)
fork in the road; junction of a road
trouble

Compounds

References

“岔”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

岔

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): さ (sa)、た (ta)、ふん (fun)
Kun: まちがう (machigau)、くいちがう (kuichigau)

Korean

Hanja

岔 (eum 차 (cha))

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Vietnamese

Han character

岔: Hán Nôm readings: xá

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References

Nom Foundation