fork of a tree / pitchfork
branches of a tree / fork of a tree

杈 character breakdown

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

= + : 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.
to cross / be stuck
to diverge / to open (as legs)
surname Mu
tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree. Malte Monkey is putting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He's using a cross (十) as a base to put the tree on, and decorates the tree with eight-balls (八).
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

Characters with 杈 as component

杈 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 杈

variant of 丫杈[ya1 cha4]
fork (of a tree) / tool made of forked wood
to prune (branches)

Sentences with 杈

杈 currently does not appear in any sentence.