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Kanji Detail for 叉 - "forked pole"
叉
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Meaning
叉 means "forked pole." Also associated with to cross arms, to pierce.
To cross arms - To fold one's arms.
To pierce - To jab; to thrust between.
Forked pole - A two-pronged catching tool.
Fork - Branching into two.
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Tattoo check: 叉
- Verified meaning: forked pole
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Also carries these associations: to cross arms, to pierce
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
fork in road; crotch
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
crotch; fork, prong
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect; "X"
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
fork; prong; cross, intersect
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Fingers crossing. Tang poet Wen Tingyun, whenever he entered examinations and was assigned rhymes to compose fu, crossed his hands eight times and completed eight rhymes. People of his time called him "Wen Eight-Crosses." | Forking out. Such as 丫叉. Forked utensils are also called 叉. Such as 畫叉, 魚叉 (fish spear).
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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