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嚓

cā

a cracking or snapping sound

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

HSK 17 strokes Uncommon (36%)

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Component Breakdown

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口

kǒu

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

察

chá

to examine, to investigate, to observe

⿰口察 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

chá

察

to examine, to investigate, to observe

🔤 Pictophonetic: 宀 (roof) provides meaning, 祭 provides pronunciation

14 strokes HSK 4

gài

宀

roof; house

3 strokes

jì

祭

to sacrifice to, to worship

💡 Ideographic: Hand 寸 holding meat ⺼ over an altar 示

11 strokes

⿰⺼寸

Radical component

shì

示

altar; ceremony; to show, to demonstrate

📷 Pictographic: An altar

5 strokes HSK 4

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

xiǎo

小

small, tiny, insignificant

💡 Ideographic: Dividing 八 by a line 亅

3 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 嚓 (6)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

(onom.) snap / pop / see [[喀嚓<kāchā>]]

chā

嚓 ↗

(onom.) snap / pop / see [[喀嚓<kāchā>]]

喀嚓 ↗

kāchā

(onom.) breaking or snapping

kāchā

喀嚓 ↗

(onom.) breaking or snapping

咔嚓 ↗

kāchā

(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>]]

咯嚓 ↗

gēchā

to break into two (onom.)

gēchā

咯嚓 ↗

to break into two (onom.)