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卡
kǎ
1. to stop
2. to block
3. card
4. CL:[[張|张<zhāng>]], [[片<piàn>]]
5. calorie
6. cassette
7. (computing) (coll.) slow
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

卡
kǎ
card, punch card; calorie
HSK 3 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

刷卡
shuākǎ
to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc)
千卡
qiānkǎ
kilocalorie (Kcal)
卡住
kǎzhù
to jam
卡债
kǎzhài
credit card debt
卡司
kǎsī
(acting) cast (loanword)
卡垫
kǎdiàn
(Tibetan) rug
卡夫
Kǎfū
Kraft, US food company
卡奴
kǎnú
a slave to one's credit card
卡宴
Kǎyàn
Cayenne, capital of French Guiana
卡尺
kǎchǐ
calipers
卡帕
kǎpà
kappa (Greek letter Κκ)
卡带
kǎdài
cassette tape
卡式
kǎshì
cassette style (tape and tape player)
卡弹
kǎdàn
to jam (rifle)
卡恩
Kǎēn
Kahn
卡拉
Kǎlā
Kara, city in northern Togo [[多哥<Duōgē>]]
卡拉
kǎlā
karaoke
卡方
kǎfāng
chi-square (math.)
卡昂
Kǎáng
Caen (French town)
卡榫
kǎsǔn
clip

Alternate Entries

卡
qiǎ
to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. <kǎ>

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
716
Word Frequency Rank
240 of 84,292

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