Keyword
to stop
- card
- punch card
- calorie
- Frequency
- #638
- Strokes
- 5
Readings
kǎ86%
qiǎ14%
Mnemonic
A card squeezed between 上 and 下
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
卡
to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; truck (from "car"); calorie (abbr. for 卡路里 (kǎlùlǐ)); cassette
卡
to block; to be stuck; to be wedged; customs station; a clip; a fastener; a checkpost; Taiwan pr. kǎ
信用卡
credit card
卡尔
(name) Karl; Carl
奥斯卡
(film industry) Oscar (Academy Award); (name) Oscar
卡车
truck
卡拉
karaoke; (Tw) (of chicken etc) crispy, deep-fried
卡特
(name) Carter; Jimmy Carter (1924–2024), US president 1977–1981
卡通
cartoon (loanword)
卡片
card
斯里兰卡
Sri Lanka
卡洛斯
Carlos (name)
银行卡
bank card
卡塔尔
Qatar
卡斯特罗
Castro (name); Fidel Castro or Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (1926-2016), Cuban revolutionary leader, prime minister 1959-1976, president 1976-2008
关卡
checkpoint (for taxation, security etc); (fig.) barrier; hurdle; red tape; Taiwan pr. guǎn1ka
刷卡
to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc)
达卡
Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh; (Tw) Dakar, capital of Senegal
卡扎菲
(Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi (1942-2011), de facto leader of Libya from 1969-2011
绿卡
permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card)
卡门
Carmen (name); Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Prosper Mérimée 梅里美 (Méilǐměi)
阿卡
Acre, city in Israel, also known as Akko
卢卡斯
Lucas (name)
卡住
to jam; to choke; to clutch; also pr. qiǎzhù