卡

How to write 卡, stroke by stroke

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What 卡 means

kǎ

to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; truck (from "car"); calorie (abbr. for 卡路里); cassette

qiǎ

to block; to be stuck; to be wedged; customs station; a clip; a fastener; a checkpost

Ideographic: A card squeezed between 上 and 下

Made of 上 + 卜

Words with 卡

• 卡车kǎ chētruck
• 信用卡xìn yòng kǎcredit card
• 卡住kǎ zhùto jam; to choke; to clutch; also pr. [qia3 zhu4]
• 卡片kǎ piàncard
• 刷卡shuā kǎto use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc)
• 贺卡hè kǎgreeting card; congratulation card
• 卡帕kǎ pàkappa (Greek letter Κκ)
• 绿卡lǜ kǎpermanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card)
• 关卡guān qiǎcheckpoint (for taxation, security etc); (fig.) barrier; hurdle; red tape; Taiwan pr. [guan1ka3]
• 电话卡diàn huà kǎtelephone card
• 打卡dǎ kǎ(of an employee) to clock on (or off); to punch in (or out); (on social media) to check in to a location
• 玛卡mǎ kǎmaca (Lepidium meyenii)

卡 in a sentence

• 有东西卡在管子里。

  yǒu dōng xī kǎ zài guǎn zǐ lǐ 。

  Something is stuck in the pipe.

• 一张卡片被附在了礼物上。

  yì zhāng kǎ piàn bèi fù zài le lǐ wù shàng 。

  A card was attached to the gift.

• 我差点被卡车撞上。

  wǒ chà diǎn bèi kǎ chē zhuàng shàng 。

  I barely escaped being hit by the truck.

• 我可以用信用卡付帐吗?

  wǒ kě yǐ yòng xìn yòng kǎ fù zhàng ma ?

  Can I pay by credit card?

• 我的拉链卡住了。

  wǒ de lā liàn kǎ zhù le 。

  My zipper got stuck.

Characters that sound like 卡

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