汊
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Translingual
Han character
汊 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 水水戈 (EEI), four-corner 37140, composition ⿰氵叉)
Further reading
- KangXi: page 604, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17115
- Dae Jaweon: page 998, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1556, character 4
- Unihan data for U+6C4A
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 汊 | |
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2nd round simp. | 叉 | |
alternative forms | 㲼 ⿰氵义 |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (叉) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Old Chinese | |
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叉 | *sʰraːl, *sʰreːl |
杈 | *sʰraːl, *sʰraːls, *sʰreːls |
靫 | *sʰraːl, *sʰreːl |
汊 | *sʰraːls |
衩 | *sʰraːls, *sʰreːls |
扠 | *hr'eːl |
釵 | *sʰreːl |
芆 | *sʰreːl |
訍 | *sʰreːls |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰraːls) and ideogrammic compound (會意) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 叉 (OC *sʰraːl, *sʰreːl, “to intersect”)
Pronunciation
Definitions
汊
- a branching stream
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
汊
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- branching stream
Readings
- Go-on: しゃ (sha)
- Kan-on: さ (sa)
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 汊 (MC t͡ʃʰˠaH). Recorded as Middle Korean 차 (cha) (Yale: cha) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource汊 (eumhun 물 갈래지을 차 (mul gallaejieul cha))
- Hanja form? of 차 (“branching of water”).
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
汊: Hán Việt readings: xá (
汊: Nôm readings: xòa/xoà[1][2]
- chữ Hán form of xá (“a branching stream”).
- Nôm form of xòa/xoà (“to spread out”).
References
- Trần (2004).
- Génibrel (1898).