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Character Decomposition
岔=分+山
Etymology
A road being split 分 by a mountain 山
Meanings
fork in road
bifurcation
branch in road, river, mountain range etc
to branch off
to turn off
to diverge
to stray (from the path)
to change the subject
to interrupt
to stagger (times)
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Words with 岔 35 total
interruption · to interrupt (esp. talk) · to change the subject打岔dǎ chàside road · byway岔道chà dàojunction · fork in road岔口chà kǒubranch stream岔流chà liúfork in the road岔路chà lùbranch road · setback · accident · hiccup岔子chà zito mistake for sth else眼岔yǎn chà(formal) to bifurcate; to branch · (formal) bifurcation; branching分岔fēn chà(of a voice) husky · hoarse · affected · (music) to go off-key岔调chà diàoto diverge · to branch off the road · to change (the subject)岔开chà kāito mishear · to hear wrongly听岔tīng chàrailroad switch道岔dào chàto go wrong · to take a wrong turning出岔子chū chà zito look for blemishes · to find fault · nitpicking找岔子zhǎo chà ziAt the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from三岔口Sān chà kǒuNancha, a county in Yichun City 伊春市, Heilongjiang南岔县Nán chà Xiànrailroad switch扳道岔bān dào chà
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