English Definition: 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)
Chinese Definition:
①山脉分歧的地方，亦指道路、河流分歧的地方：岔道。岔子。大沟小岔。
②转移话题，未按原来的方向行进而偏到一边：打岔。走岔了。
③互相让开或调换：把这两个会的时间岔开。
④方言，嗓音失常：岔调(diào)。
Total strokes: 7;
Radical: 山 Ideographic:A road being split
分 by a mountain
山 Character Formation:- ⿱ Above to below
- 分 [ fēn ] to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity
- 山 [ shān ] mountain, hill, peak
