刹
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Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 剎多羅|刹多罗[cha4 duo1 luo2], Sanskrit "ksetra")
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刀 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 刹
- Common rank
- #2,350
- Unicode
- U+5239
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
brake · Heisig RSH #2537
杀 kill + saber
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 刹
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手刹车 | handbrake | |
| 刹车灯 | brake light | |
| 刹不住 | unable to brake (stop) | |
| 急刹车 | emergency braking | |
| 一刹那 | a moment; an instant; in a flash | |
| 什刹海 | Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes | |
| 手刹 | handbrake | |
| 刹车 | to brake (when driving); to stop; to switch off; to check (bad habits); a brake | |
| 刹时 | in a flash; in the twinkling of an eye | |
| 巴刹 | bazaar (loanword); Taiwan pr. [ba1 cha4] | |
| 罗刹 | demon in Buddhism; poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for th… | |
| 古刹 | old Buddhist temple | |
| 脚刹 | foot brake | |
| 塔刹 | Buddhist ornamentation decorating the upper story of a pagoda | |
| 刹住 | to stop; to come to a halt | |
| 刹那 | an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye | |
| 刹把 | brake lever; crank handle for stopping or turning off machinery | |
| 踩刹车 | to step on the brake; to brake (when driving) | |
| 刹停 | to brake to a halt | |
| 梵刹 | Buddhist temple; monastery |