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

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• 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.

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• 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	/t͡ʃʰˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰaɨH/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰaH/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caa3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰraːs/

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

Definitions

岔

1. to diverge; to branch
2. to turn
3. to change the topic of conversation
4. branch (of a river)
5. fork in the road; junction of a road
6. trouble

Compounds

• 三岔 (Sānchà)
• 三岔路
• 三岔路口
• 亂岔岔／乱岔岔
• 交岔路口
• 八岔
• 出岔
• 出岔兒／出岔儿
• 出岔子 (chū chàzi)
• 分岔 (fēnchà)
• 岔兒／岔儿
• 岔劈兒／岔劈儿
• 岔口 (chàkǒu)
• 岔子 (chàzi)
• 岔巴子
• 岔批兒／岔批儿
• 岔換／岔换 (chàhuàn)
• 岔曲 (chàqǔ)
• 岔氣／岔气 (chàqì)
• 岔流 (chàliú)
• 岔眼
• 岔路 (chàlù)
• 岔道 (chàdào)
• 岔錯／岔错
• 岔開／岔开
• 弄岔
• 打岔 (dǎchà)
• 找岔子 (zhǎo chàzi)
• 扳岔子
• 拿岔兒／拿岔儿
• 挑斜岔兒／挑斜岔儿
• 搭岔兒／搭岔儿
• 旁岔兒／旁岔儿
• 眼岔 (yǎnchà)
• 答岔兒／答岔儿
• 說岔／说岔

 

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

(uncommon “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