钗 – vocab dash

Keyword

hairpin

ornamental hairpin

Frequency: #4839
Strokes: 8

Readings

chāi

Mnemonic

A metal 钅 fork 叉; 叉 also provides the pronunciation

Stroke order

Composed of

钅gold 叉fork

Used in vocabulary

hairpin

薛宝钗XuēBǎochāi

Xue Baochai, female character in Dream of Red Mansions, married to Jia Baoyu 贾宝玉