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Character Decomposition
卡=上+卜
Etymology
A card squeezed between 上 and 下
Meanings2 pronunciations
kǎ
to stop
to block
(computing) (coll.) slow
(loanword) card
CL: zhāng,片 piàn
truck (from "car")
calorie (abbr. for 卡路里 kǎ lù lǐ)
cassette
qiǎ
to block
to be stuck
to be wedged
customs station
a clip
a fastener
a checkpost
Taiwan pr. kǎ
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Words with 卡 369 total
truck · CL: liàng卡车kǎ chēcalipers卡尺kǎ chǐcassette tape卡带kǎ dàicard卡片kǎ piànkhaki (loanword)卡其kǎ qícartoon (loanword)卡通kǎ tōng(sports) to jockey for position; (basketball) to box out; (commerce) to establish oneself in a competitive market (also pr. qiǎwèi) · booth seating卡位kǎ wèicardboard · card stock卡纸kǎ zhǐclip · hair fastener · checkpoint卡子qiǎ zibooth (in restaurants etc) (loanword from "car seat")卡座kǎ zuòtransliteration of Tibetan lingka: garden林卡lín kǎborder sentry post哨卡shào qiǎkilocalorie; kcal千卡qiān kǎto use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc)刷卡shuā kǎ(loanword) (medicine) catarrh卡他kǎ tāto jam · to choke · to clutch · also pr. qiǎ zhù卡住kǎ zhùcredit card debt卡债kǎ zhài(Tw) (loanword) cast (of a film, TV show etc)卡司kǎ sīcrispy, deep-fried (variant of 卡拉 kǎ lā)卡啦kǎ lā(Tibetan) rug · mat卡垫kǎ diànKraft, US food company卡夫Kǎ fūa slave to one's credit card · sb who is unable to repay their credit card borrowings卡奴kǎ núCayenne, capital of French Guiana卡宴Kǎ yànkappa (Greek letter Κκ)卡帕kǎ pà
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