闸

zhá

sluice, floodgate, canal lock

Radical: 门 HSK 8 n pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

闸 decomposes into the following components:

门 甲

Semantic component: 门; phonetic component: 甲.

Words containing 闸

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 闸.

下闸
xià zhá
lower sluice gate
手闸
shǒu zhá
handbrake
旋闸
xuán zhá
rotor sluice gate
气闸
qì zhá
pneumatic brake
水闸
shuǐ zhá
sluice
港闸
gǎng zhá
Gangzha district of Nantong city 南通市[Nan2 tong1 shi4], Jiangsu
电闸
diàn zhá
electric switch
船闸
chuán zhá
a canal lock
跳闸
tiào zhá
(of a circuit breaker or switch) to trip
车闸
chē zhá
闸口
zhá kǒu
闸机
zhá jī

Related characters (radical 门)

Characters that share the radical 门.

门 闩 闪 闫 闭 问 闯 闰 闱 闲 闳 间 闵 闶 闷 闹 闺 闻 闼 闽 闾 阀 阁 阂

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