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CHINESE CHARACTER

kǎ

卡

卡

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card

Numbered pinyin
ka3
English meanings
to stop, to block, card, CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4], calorie, cassette, (computing) (coll.) slow, to block, to be stuck, to be wedged, customs station, a clip, a fastener, a checkpost, Taiwan pr. [ka3]

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 上; bottom 卜.

  • Top

    上
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  • Bottom

    卜
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This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱上卜

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    zhè这shì是wǒ我de的kǎ卡。

    This is my card.

  2. 02

    shuā刷kǎ卡fù付qián钱。

    Pay by card.

  3. 03

    kǎ卡zài在mén门fèng缝lǐ里。

    Stuck in the door gap.

  4. 04

    zhè这zhāng张kǎ卡diū丢le了。

    Lost this card.

  5. 05

    bàn办yī一zhāng张yínhángkǎ银行卡。

    Get a bank card.

  6. 06

    jīqì机器kǎ卡zhù住le了。

    The machine got stuck.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 一卡通
  • 信用卡
  • 卡子
  • 卡片
  • 卡车
  • 卡通
  • 磁卡
  • 贺卡
  • 银行卡