• 716th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 119 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.
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also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

信用卡 
充值卡 
 
打卡 
摩卡 
贺卡 (賀卡)

Medium Frequency

借记卡 (借記卡)
刷卡 
卡丁车 (卡丁車)
卡住 
卡哇伊 
卡布奇诺 (卡布奇諾)
卡扎菲 
卡拉 
卡片 
卡特 
卡西欧 (卡西歐)
卡路里 
卡车 (卡車)
卡农 (卡農)
卡通 
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)
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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  • 1409th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 24 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhā (zha1)to prick • to run or stick (a needle etc) into • jug (a classifier for liquids such as beer)
2. zhá (zha2)penetrating (as of cold) • struggle
3. (za1)to tie • to bind • classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle • Taiwan pr. [zha2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhā (zha1)The component is pronounced as '' (ya4). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhá (zha2)The component is pronounced as '' (ya4). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for (za1)The component is pronounced as '' (ya4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
挣扎 (掙扎)

Medium Frequency

包扎 
卡扎菲 
安营扎寨 (安營紮寨)
扎堆 
扎实 (扎實)
扎根 
扎针 (扎針)
扎营 (紮營)
结扎 (結扎)
莫扎特 
阿布扎比 
驻扎 (駐紮)
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  • 1416th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 24 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fēi (Fei1)abbr. for the Philippines 菲律賓|菲律宾[Fei1 lu:4 bin1]
2. fēi (fei1)luxuriant (plant growth) • rich with fragrance • phenanthrene C14H10
3. fěi (fei3)poor • humble • unworthy • radish (old)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for fēi (fei1)The component is pronounced as 'fēi' (fei1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for fěi (fei3)The component is pronounced as 'fēi' (fei1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Example Words

High Frequency

王菲 
菲律宾 (菲律賓)

Medium Frequency

加菲猫 (加菲貓)
卡扎菲 
 
菲力 
菲菲 
苏菲 (蘇菲)
达菲 (達菲)
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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.
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