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Meanings

fork in road
crotch

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
シャ
サイ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
また

Common Words

交叉
うさ
~する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #9115
1

crossing; intersection

Examples
2本の道が十文字に交差している。
The two roads cut across the street from us.
2

Biology

(genetic) crossing over

Noun
Freq #9972
1

Anatomy; Esp. 股

groin; thigh; crotch; crutch

2

Esp. 叉

fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

うさてん
交叉点
Noun
Freq #13074
1

crossing; intersection

Examples
あの交差点で何が起こったのか。
What happened at that crossing?
二俣
二又
たまた
二叉
Noun
Freq #20462
1

seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing

2

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

bifurcation; fork; branch; dichotomy

3

fence-sitting; playing it both ways; parting of the ways

しゃ
Noun
Freq #29071
1

yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)

叉焼
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #43196
1

Food, cooking

roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)

三つ叉
三つまた
つまた
三つ股
Freq #52163
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

three-pronged; three-way (e.g. outlet, intersection); trifurcated

2

Common noun

three-pronged fork; trident

音さ
んさ
Noun
Freq #57036
1

tuning fork

三差路
んさ
Noun
Freq #62024
1

three-way junction; three-way intersection

Examples
その道を百メートル程行くと、三叉路があります。
Go straight up the street for about 100 meters, and you will get to the junction of three roads.
股木
叉木
又木
Noun
Freq #78280
1

forked tree; forked branch

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