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咔

kā

used in transliterations

🔤 Pictophonetic: 口 (mouth) provides meaning, 卡 provides pronunciation

HSK 8 strokes Uncommon (38%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

口

kǒu

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

卡

kǎ

card, punch card; calorie

⿰口卡 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

kǎ

卡

card, punch card; calorie

💡 Ideographic: A card squeezed between 上 and 下

5 strokes HSK 3

shàng

上

above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous

💡 Ideographic: One stroke on top of another; compare 下 (below)

3 strokes HSK 1

⺊

💡 Ideographic: A crack on an oracle bone; compare 卜

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

卜

divination, fortune-telling; prophecy

📷 Pictographic: A crack on an oracle bone

2 strokes

Words Using 咔 (4)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

咔 ↗

kǎ

(used as phonetic "ka")

kǎ

咔 ↗

(used as phonetic "ka")

咔嗒 ↗

kādā

(onom.) click / clatter

kādā

咔嗒 ↗

(onom.) click / clatter

(onom.) breaking or snapping / cut it out / stop it (colloquial) / also written [[喀嚓<kāchā>]]

kāchā

咔嚓 ↗

(onom.) breaking or snapping / cut it out / stop it (colloquial) / also written [[喀嚓<kāchā>]]