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sluice; sluice gate; to dam up water; (coll.) brake; (coll.) electric switch

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

门 (semantic, “gate”) + 甲 (phonetic, jiǎ)

components: 门甲

floodgate · Heisig RSH #2629

门 gate + radish

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 甲

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 甲 (jiǎ) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
甲 sound component	jiǎ	armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem
鸭	yā	duck; Anas species (various)
押	yā	to arrest, to detain; to deposit, to pledge; mortgage
钾	jiǎ	potassium
匣	xiá	case, coffer, small box
岬	jiǎ	cape; promontory, headland
狎	xiá	to be familiar with; to disrespect
呷	xiā	to swallow, to suck, to drink
胛	jiǎ	shoulder; shoulder blade
柙	xiá	a cage or pen for wild animals

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
气动闸	qì dòng zhá	pneumatic brake
进水闸	jìn shuǐ zhá	water intake; inlet sluice
水闸	shuǐ zhá	sluice; water gate; waterlocks; floodgate; lock; dam
闸机	zhá jī	turnstile
手闸	shǒu zhá	handbrake
气闸	qì zhá	pneumatic brake; airlock
电闸	diàn zhá	electric switch; circuit breaker
闸口	zhá kǒu	open sluice gate; (toll) station; boarding gate (airport etc); (fig.) gateway (access poin…
闸道	zhá dào	(computing) gateway (Tw)
车闸	chē zhá	brake (of a car, bicycle etc)
闸门	zhá mén	sluice gate
晶闸管	jīng zhá guǎn	(electronics) silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR); thyristor
大闸蟹	dà zhá xiè	Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis); Shanghai hairy crab
船闸	chuán zhá	navigation lock
跳闸	tiào zhá	(of a circuit breaker or switch) to trip; to jump a turnstile
泄洪闸	xiè hóng zhá	sluice-gate; flood discharge valve
闸盒	zhá hé	electric fusebox; switch box
闸阀	zhá fá	gate valve; sluice valve