# 叉 U+53C9 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53C9

A Chinese character meaning “crotch; fork, prong”, read chā in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `叉` |
| Codepoint | U+53C9 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53C9 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `叉` `叉` |
| CSS | `\53C9` |
| JavaScript | `\u53C9` |
| UTF-8 | E5 8F 89 |
| UTF-16 | 53C9 |
| Definition | crotch; fork, prong |
| Mandarin | chā |
| Cantonese | caa1 |
| Japanese | SHA SAI SA MATA |
| Korean | CHA |

## Related characters

- 又 [U+53C8 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53C8](https://unicodekit.com/char/53C8)
- 及 [U+53CA CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53CA](https://unicodekit.com/char/53CA)
- 叇 [U+53C7 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53C7](https://unicodekit.com/char/53C7)
- 友 [U+53CB CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53CB](https://unicodekit.com/char/53CB)
- 叆 [U+53C6 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53C6](https://unicodekit.com/char/53C6)
- 双 [U+53CC CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53CC](https://unicodekit.com/char/53CC)
- 叅 [U+53C5 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53C5](https://unicodekit.com/char/53C5)
- 反 [U+53CD CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53CD](https://unicodekit.com/char/53CD)
- 叄 [U+53C4 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53C4](https://unicodekit.com/char/53C4)
- 収 [U+53CE CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53CE](https://unicodekit.com/char/53CE)
- 參 [U+53C3 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53C3](https://unicodekit.com/char/53C3)
- 叏 [U+53CF CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53CF](https://unicodekit.com/char/53CF)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/53C9 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/53C9