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
(Standard)
(Pinyin): chà (cha⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ca⁴ / ca¹

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): cā

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): chā
Cantonese (Jyutping): caa³
Gan (Wiktionary): ca³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chha

(Hailu, HRS): ca^ˇ

(Meixian, Guangdong): ca⁴

(Changting, Changting Pinyin): ca¹
Jin (Wiktionary): ca³
Northern Min (KCR): cha̿
Eastern Min (BUC): chă
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chha / chhe / chhee

(Teochew, Peng'im): cê¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵tsha / ⁵tsho / ³tsho / ¹tsho / ⁵tshau
- (Jinhua): ¹tshua
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ca⁴

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.

- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ca⁴ / ca¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ca / ca
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa²¹³/, /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: cā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: chā
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): cha⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: caa³
  - Yale: cha
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ca³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaː³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ca³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chha
  - Hakka Romanization System: ca
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ca⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ca^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ca⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa⁵³/
- (Changting)
  - Changting Pinyin: ca¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰa³³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ca³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰa⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cha̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chă
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chha
  - Tâi-lô: tsha
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhaf
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰa³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe
  - Tâi-lô: tshe
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhef
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰe³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhee
  - Tâi-lô: tshee
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴/

Note:

chha - literary;
chhe/chhee - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: cê¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshe
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰe³³/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiaxing, Haining, Haiyan, Hangzhou, Xiaoshan)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsha
  - MiniDict: tsha^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsha
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰa³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡sʰa³³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Haining): /t͡sʰa⁴⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /t͡sʰa³⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡sʰɑ⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiaoshan): /t͡sʰa⁵³/
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Chongming, Suzhou, Yixing, Jiaxing, Tongxiang, Haining, Haiyan, Xiaoshan, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsho
  - MiniDict: tsho^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsho
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰo³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡sʰo³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡sʰo³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Yixing): /t͡sʰo⁴¹²/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡sʰo³³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /t͡sʰo³³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Haining): /t͡sʰo⁴⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /t͡sʰo³⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiaoshan): /t͡sʰo⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡sʰo³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /t͡sʰo⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Songjiang)
  - Wugniu: ³tsho
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /t͡sʰo⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Kunshan, Changzhou, Cixi)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsho
  - MiniDict: tsho^平
  - Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /t͡sʰo⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Cixi): /t͡sʰo³²⁴/
- (Northern: Deqing)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshau
  - Sinological IPA (Deqing): /t͡sʰɔ⁴³⁵/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ¹tshua
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /t͡sʰuɑ³³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ca⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰa̠⁴⁵/

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	岔
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
alt. forms: 扠
to change the topic of conversation
branch (of a river)
fork in the road; junction of a road
trouble

Compounds

三岔 (Sānchà)
三岔路
三岔路口 (sānchà lùkǒu)
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

(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

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