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:

Words containing 卡

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 卡.

关卡
guān qiǎ
刷卡
shuā kǎ
千卡
qiān kǎ
卡他
kǎ tā
卡位
kǎ wèi
卡住
kǎ zhù
卡债
kǎ zhài
卡关
kǎ guān
卡其
kǎ qí
卡农
kǎ nóng
卡司
kǎ sī
卡啦
kǎ lā

Related characters (radical 卜)

Characters that share the radical .

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