Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

Stroke count: 3

Meaning: fork in road, crotch

Kunyomi: また

Onyomi: シャ サイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: right hand

Examples

Onyomi Examples

サコツ wishbone, furcula

サジュウ stacked arms

テイサ frog, fourchette, pad in a horse's hoof that acts as a shock absorber

視神経交 シシンケイコウサ optic chiasma, optic chiasm

ヤシャ yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)

波羅提木 ハラダイモクシャ pratimokṣa, pratimoksha, rules governing the behaviour of Buddhist monks and nuns

Kunyomi Examples

また crotch, crutch, groin, thigh, fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.), tines (of a fork)

また木 またぎ forked tree, forked branch

さかまた orca, killer whale

刺股 さすまた sasumata, man catcher, two-pronged weapon for catching criminals