懂中文 Dong Chinese

杈

chā, chà

fork of a tree

Where two branches 木 fork 叉; 叉 also provides the pronunciation

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

叉 sound,meaning component

叉  Sound Meaning component

chā, chá, chǎ

  

fork, prong

Evolution

杈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
杈 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

杈  

chā

fork of a tree; a pitchfork; pitchfork

杈  

chà

branches of a tree

Most common words with 杈
Freq.
Word
Meaning

杈

pitchfork

打杈

to prune (branches)

丫杈

fork (of a tree)