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闸
閘
zhá
1. gear
2. brake
3. sluice
4. lock (on waterway)
5. electric switch or circuit breaker
Common • Top 10%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

闸
zhá
sluice, floodgate, canal lock
8 丶

Compound Words (20)

下闸
xiàzhá
lower sluice gate
手闸
shǒuzhá
handbrake
旋闸
xuánzhá
rotor sluice gate
气闸
qìzhá
pneumatic brake
水闸
shuǐzhá
sluice
港闸
Gǎngzhá
Gangzha district of Nantong city [[南通市<Nántōngshì>]], Jiangsu
船闸
chuánzhá
a canal lock
跳闸
tiàozhá
(of a circuit breaker or switch) to trip
闸口
Zhákǒu
area in the Shangcheng district of Hangzhou
闸口
zhákǒu
open sluice gate
闸盒
zháhé
electric fusebox
闸道
zhádào
(computing) gateway (Tw)
闸门
zhámén
sluice gate
电闸
diànzhá
electric switch
气动闸
qìdòngzhá
pneumatic brake
泄洪闸
xièhóngzhá
sluice-gate
港闸区
Gǎngzháqū
Gangzha district of Nantong city [[南通市<Nántōngshì>]], Jiangsu
进水闸
jìnshuǐzhá
water intake
闸北区
Zháběiqū
Zhabei district, central Shanghai
共同闸道介面
gòngtóngzhádàojièmiàn
Common Gateway Interface

Alternate Entries

闸
zhá
old variant of [[閘|闸<zhá>]] / sluice / lock (on waterway)

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Word Frequency Rank
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