Hanja Analyzer
岔

岔 — cha

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
갈림길 차
Romanization
cha
English
diverge, branch off; fork in road
Mandarin
chà
Japanese on'yomi
タ, サ, フン
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
7
Radical
山 (46, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
分(분)
Unicode
U+5C94

Parts that make up 岔

  • 分 나눌 분, 세는 단위 푼sound 칼로 갈라 놓은 것나누는 일. ‘분’ 계열의 소리
  • 山 메 산 솟은 봉우리 셋산과 산에 있는 것

How 岔 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 岔 as a ideographic compound involving 分, 山.

Characters sharing the phonetic 分

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “분” in Korean.

Other hanja read “차”

Other hanja with radical 山

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