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Zach

Readings

Kana: サ、シャ、サイ、また
Romaji: sa, sha, sai, mata
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

fork in road, crotch

Stroke Diagram

123

Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  3
Radical Number:  29
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  4-3-1
Korean Reading:  cha
Chinese Reading:  cha4
Unicode:  53c9
JIS:  3A35

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3386
Nelson Index: 856
New Nelson Index: 669
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2h1.1
Four Corner Index: 7740.0
Daikanwanjiten Index: 3116
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 2.0683
Remembering the kanji Index: 2914
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2870
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2923
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4194

Words

(また)
crotch; crutch; groin; thigh; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
交差 (こうさ)
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
三つまた (みつまた、さんさ、ミツマタ)
three-pronged fork; trident
刺股 (さすまた)
two-pronged weapon for catching a criminal; man-catcher war fork
三叉神経痛 (さんさしんけいつう)
trigeminal neuralgia
夜叉 (やしゃ)
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
三叉路 (さんさろ)
three-forked road; junction of three roads
二股 (ふたまた)
bifurcation; parting of the ways; two-timing
三仙叉 (さんせんさ)
trident dagger
三叉神経 (さんさしんけい)
trigeminal nerve
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