桠
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Meaning: forking branch
💡 Think of a tree (木) with a Y-shaped fork (like 'Y' in 'yā').
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Character Story & Explanation
桠 (yā) depicts a forking branch, with the radical 木 (tree) indicating wood and the phonetic component 亞 (yà) suggesting a fork-like shape. It commonly appears in botany, such as 桠枝 (forked branch), and in place names like 桠溪. Culturally, it symbolizes divergence or branching paths.
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