叉

cha̅ = ch + a1

fork / pitchfork / prong / pick / cross / intersect / "X"

叉 = 丶 + 又 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is driving a forklift truck (叉) in front of the ashram (a1), but he just cannot pick up all the boxing gloves (又) and petal leaves (丶) scattered around on the floor. They will always fall off the forks.

叉

chá = ch + a2

to cross / be stuck

叉

chǎ = ch + a3

to diverge / to open (as legs)

叉 character breakdown

叉
- 丶
- 又
  - ㇏
  - ㇇

丶

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).

又

yòu = y + ou4

(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway

又 = ㇇ + ㇏ : And once again (又), Maud Younger (y) is preparing for battle. She's donning her boxing glove in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), puts on a beak (㇇) and plans go give her opponent the finger (㇏).

Characters with 叉 as component

蚤

zǎo = z + ao3

flea

蚤 = 叉 + 丶 + 虫 : Zorro (z) is eating a bowl of petal leaves (丶) in the aorta (ao3) when he discovers that there are a lot of fleas (叉) and mosquitoes (虫) in his dish. Even as he lifts his fork (叉) to inspect a petal leaf he finds the fleas dancing on the fork's cusps.

钗

釵

cha̅i = ch + ai1

hairpin

汊

chà = ch + a4

branching stream

杈

chà = ch + a4

branches of a tree / fork of a tree

杈

cha̅ = ch + a1