叉 chā fork
fork; cross; intersect; "X"
怎么记住“叉”: 又 again + 丶 dot = fork. The boy drops his spoon again, leaves a dot of sauce on the tablecloth and asks his mum for a fork.
部件结构
会意 · Meaning + meaning
Two or more parts whose meanings together make the new meaning.
叉 = 又 again + 丶 dot
- 又 again meaning
- 丶 dot meaning
The boy drops his spoon again, leaves a dot of sauce on the tablecloth and asks his mum for a fork.
How it came to be
The small seal form is a hand with a small mark added, for fingers crossing each other.
用法
- Concrete noun "fork": 叉子 chāzi is the everyday word for the eating utensil.
- As a verb/noun it also means "to cross, intersect": 交叉 jiāochā "to cross" (of roads, lines, schedules).
- 打叉 dǎ chā "to mark with an X" is the everyday phrase for marking something wrong, the opposite of 打钩 dǎ gōu "to check off, mark with a ✓": 在这里打钩 (zài zhèlǐ dǎ gōu) tick here.