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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叉* | 叉* | *叉
fork / pitchfork / prong / pick / cross / intersect / "X"
HSK 5
to cross / to intersect / to overlap
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叉* | 叉* | *叉
to cross / be stuck
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叉* | 叉* | *叉
to diverge / to open (as legs)
pitchfork / garden fork / restraining pole (used by police) / military fork (of ancient times)
tuning fork
witch / shrew / vixen
yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword) / (fig.) ferocious-looking person
harpoon
three-dimensional road junction (i.e. involving flyover bridges or underpass tunnels) / overpass
knife and fork / CL:
the splits (move in dancing) / to do the splits / Taiwan pr. [pi3 cha1]
(idiom) sprawled out on one's back
fork / bifurcation / to divide
fork (bicycle component)
Inuyasha, fictional character
fool / blockhead
tic-tac-toe
river mouth
slit dress


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