• 716th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 234 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ka3)to stop • to block • card • CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4] • calorie
2. qiǎ (qia3)to block • to be stuck • to be wedged • customs station • a clip • a fastener • a checkpost • Taiwan pron. [ka3]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

信用卡 
充值卡 
卡通 
打卡 
摩卡 
贺卡 (賀卡)

Uncommon

借记卡 (借記卡)
刷卡 
卡丁车 (卡丁車)
卡住 
卡哇伊 
卡塔尔 (卡塔爾)
卡布奇诺 (卡布奇諾)
卡带 (卡帶)
卡扎菲 
卡拉 
卡尔 (卡爾)
卡片 
卡特 
卡西欧 (卡西歐)
卡路里 
卡车 (卡車)
卡农 (卡農)
卡门 (卡門)
大卡 
奥斯卡 (奧斯卡)
斯里兰卡 (斯里蘭卡)
发卡 (發卡)
绿卡 (綠卡)
网卡 (網卡)
莱卡 (萊卡)
读卡器 (讀卡器)
银行卡 (銀行卡)
关卡 (關卡)
电话卡 (電話卡)
显卡 (顯卡)

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  • 2428th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 12 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (wa1)Wow! • sound of child's crying • sound of vomiting
2. wa (wa5)replaces 啊[a5] when following the vowel "u" or "ao"

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Uncommon

卡哇伊 
哇哇 
哇噻 
哇塞 
好哇 

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  • 760th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 128 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Yi1)surname Yi • abbr. for Iraq or Iran
2. (yi1)he • she

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yi1)The component is pronounced as 'yǐn' (yin3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

伊始 
伊朗 

Uncommon

伊戈尔 (伊戈爾)
伊拉克 
伊斯坦布尔 (伊斯坦布爾)
伊斯兰 (伊斯蘭)
伊斯兰教 (伊斯蘭教)
伊春 
伊犁 
伊甸园 (伊甸園)
伊丽莎白 (伊麗莎白)
休伊特 
卡哇伊 
弗洛伊德 
木乃伊 
特洛伊 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.