• 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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  • 1157th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 71 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. méi (Mei2)surname Mei
2. méi (mei2)plum • plum flower • Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
3. méi (mei2)variant of 梅[mei2]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for méi (mei2)The component is pronounced as 'měi' (mei3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for méi (mei2)The component is pronounced as '' (mu4). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for méi (mei2)The component is pronounced as '' (mu3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

梅州 
梅花 
腊梅 (臘梅)

Uncommon

卡梅伦 (卡梅倫)
望梅止渴 
梅子 
梅林 
梅毒 
梅县 (梅縣)
梅花鹿 
梅兰芳 (梅蘭芳)
梅雨 
杨梅 (楊梅)
话梅 (話梅)
踏雪寻梅 (踏雪尋梅)
酸梅 
金瓶梅 
黄梅戏 (黃梅戲)

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  • 968th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 97 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lún (lun2)human relationship • order • coherence

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lún (lun2)The component is pronounced as 'lún' (lun2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

伦敦 (倫敦)
伦理 (倫理)
周杰伦 (周傑倫)

Uncommon

不伦不类 (不倫不類)
乱伦 (亂倫)
亚伦 (亞倫)
佛罗伦萨 (佛羅倫薩)
劳伦斯 (勞倫斯)
卡梅伦 (卡梅倫)
呼伦贝尔 (呼倫貝爾)
哥伦布 (哥倫布)
哥伦比亚 (哥倫比亞)
多伦多 (多倫多)
天伦 (天倫)
天伦之乐 (天倫之樂)
巴比伦 (巴比倫)
张伯伦 (張伯倫)
海伦 (海倫)
无与伦比 (無與倫比)
绝伦 (絕倫)
语无伦次 (語無倫次)
阿伦 (阿倫)

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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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