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卡
qiǎ
1. to block
2. to be stuck
3. to be wedged
4. customs station
5. a clip
6. a fastener
7. a checkpost
8. Taiwan pr. <kǎ>
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

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

Compound Words (7)

关卡
guānqiǎ
checkpoint (for taxation, security etc)
钻卡
zuànqiǎ
drill chuck
边卡
biānqiǎ
border checkpoint
卡盘
qiǎpán
chuck (for a drill etc)
千卡
qiānkǎ
kilocalorie (Kcal)
哨卡
shàoqiǎ
border sentry post
卡子
qiǎzi
clip

Alternate Entries

卡
kǎ
to stop / to block / card / CL:[[張|张<zhāng>]], [[片<piàn>]] / calorie / cassette / (computing) (coll.) slow

Metadata

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