卡 (kǎ, qiǎ) — Chinese Character

卡

kǎ, qiǎ

to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; truck (from "car"); calorie (abbr. for 里); cassette

Radical: 卜 HSK 2 n, v, g ideographic

Components & Etymology

卡 decomposes into the following components:

上卜

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 卡.

关卡

guān qiǎ

customs post

刷卡

shuā kǎ

to use a credit card

千卡

qiān kǎ

kilocalorie (Kcal)

卡他

kǎ tā

卡位

kǎ wèi

卡住

kǎ zhù

to jam

卡债

kǎ zhài

卡关

kǎ guān

卡其

kǎ qí

卡农

kǎ nóng

卡司

kǎ sī

卡啦

kǎ lā

Characters that share the radical 卜.

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