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Keyword
sluice
  • floodgate
  • canal lock
Frequency
#2754
Strokes
8
Readings
zhá
Mnemonic
门 (gate) gives the meaning and 甲 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
闸门zhámén
sluice gate
闸zhá
sluice; lock (on waterway); sluice; sluice gate; to dam up water; (coll.) brake; (coll.) electric switch
大闸蟹dàzháxiè
Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis); Shanghai hairy crab
水闸shuǐzhá
sluice; water gate; waterlocks; floodgate; lock; dam
船闸chuánzhá
navigation lock
闸口zhákǒu
open sluice gate; (toll) station; boarding gate (airport etc); (fig.) gateway (access point)
晶闸管jīngzháguǎn
(electronics) silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR); thyristor
跳闸tiàozhá
(of a circuit breaker or switch) to trip; to jump a turnstile
闸机zhájī
turnstile
气闸qìzhá
pneumatic brake; airlock
进水闸jìnshuǐzhá
water intake; inlet sluice
电闸diànzhá
electric switch; circuit breaker
闸阀zháfá
gate valve; sluice valve
泄洪闸xièhóngzhá
sluice-gate; flood discharge valve
车闸chēzhá
brake (of a car, bicycle etc)
闸道zhádào
(computing) gateway (Tw)