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mǎ
(archaic) agate · number
Radical: 石 Strokes: 8 HSK 7-9
Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common
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Character Decomposition
码=石+马
Etymology
stone
Meanings
(archaic) agate
(bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale
number
(computing) code
(clothing) size
yard (unit of length)
(coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references)
(coll.) to pile up; to stack
classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in bù shì yī mǎ shì "not the same thing")
(Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)
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Words with 码 163 total
bargaining chip; gaming chip; casino token筹码chóu mǎto code · to encode · code编码biān mǎthe ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,十 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine草码cǎo mǎprice tag价码jià mǎto decode · to decipher解码jiě mǎcipher; secret code · password; PIN密码mì mǎ(publishing industry) total cover price of all books in an edition码洋mǎ yáng(coll.) numeral · counter; chip; token · (old) ready money; cash · standard weight (used on a balance scale)码子mǎ ziat the minimum; at the very least起码qǐ mǎnon-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc) · plaintext (cryptography) · (of prices) clearly marked明码míng mǎnumber · numerals · figures · digital · amount · numerical code数码shù mǎtheatrical piece; (fig.) scenario (in real life)戏码xì mǎpage number页码yè mǎmojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding)乱码luàn mǎcode代码dài mǎinternal code内码nèi mǎto ratchet up · to raise (expectations etc) · to increase (a quota, a position in the market etc) · to up the ante · (computing) to encode加码jiā mǎarea code · telephone dialing code区码qū mǎlarge size大码dà mǎcharacter code字码zì mǎsize · fitting (of apparel)尺码chǐ mǎto pixelate an image · to key in captcha authentication codes打码dǎ mǎto scan a QR code or barcode扫码sǎo mǎ(computing) mask掩码yǎn mǎ
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