卡
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to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4]; truck (from "car"); calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]); cassette
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #169 U+5361
How 卡 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A card squeezed between 上 and 下
How to remember it
card · Heisig RSH #47
上 above + 下 below
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 卡 as their sound component
These characters all use 卡 (kǎ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卡 sound component | kǎ | card, punch card; calorie |
| 咔 | kǎ | used in transliterations |
| 佧 | kǎ | an ancient tribe in China |
| 胩 | kǎ | carbylamine; isocyanide |
Words containing 卡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卡尔巴拉 | Kǎ ěr bā lā | Karbala (city in Iraq) |
| 安卡拉 | Ān kǎ lā | Ankara, capital of Turkey |
| 手机卡 | shǒu jī kǎ | SIM card |
| 卡斯特里 | Kǎ sī tè lǐ | Castries, capital of Saint Lucia |
| 卡尔文 | Kǎ ěr wén | Calvin (name) |
| 卡特尔 | kǎ tè ěr | cartel (loanword) |
| 马尔卡河 | Mǎ ěr kǎ Hé | Malka River, Russia, a.k.a. Balyksu River |
| 卡子 | qiǎ zi | clip; hair fastener; checkpoint |
| 大卡 | dà kǎ | kilocalorie; big truck |
| 生日卡 | shēng rì kǎ | birthday card |
| 卡斯特罗 | Kǎ sī tè luó | Castro (name); Fidel Castro or Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (1926-2016), Cuban revolutionary… |
| 卡地亚 | Kǎ dì yà | Cartier (brand) |
| 一卡通 | Yī kǎ tōng | the name of various contactless smart cards, notably Yikatong (mainly for public transport… |
| 阿尔卡特 | Ā ěr kǎ tè | Alcatel, old company name |
| 卡尔 | Kǎ ěr | (name) Karl; Carl |
| 高卡车 | gāo kǎ chē | (loanword) go-kart |
| 卡拉布里亚 | Kǎ lā bù lǐ yà | Calabria, southernmost Italian province |
| 卡利亚里 | Kǎ lì yà lǐ | Cagliari, Sardinia |
| 卡拉卡斯 | Kǎ lā kǎ sī | (Tw) Caracas, capital of Venezuela |
| 卡尔加里 | Kǎ ěr jiā lǐ | Calgary, largest city of Alberta, Canada |