卡
qiǎ
2 readings · tap one to hear it
to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4]; truck (from "car"); calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]); cassette
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 卜 +3
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 卡
- Common rank
- #169
- Unicode
- U+5361
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 卡
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卡尔巴拉 | Karbala (city in Iraq) | |
| 安卡拉 | Ankara, capital of Turkey | |
| 手机卡 | SIM card | |
| 卡斯特里 | Castries, capital of Saint Lucia | |
| 卡尔文 | Calvin (name) | |
| 卡特尔 | cartel (loanword) | |
| 马尔卡河 | Malka River, Russia, a.k.a. Balyksu River | |
| 卡子 | clip; hair fastener; checkpoint | |
| 大卡 | kilocalorie; big truck | |
| 生日卡 | birthday card | |
| 卡斯特罗 | Castro (name); Fidel Castro or Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (1926-2016), Cuban revolutionary… | |
| 卡地亚 | Cartier (brand) | |
| 一卡通 | the name of various contactless smart cards, notably Yikatong (mainly for public transport… | |
| 阿尔卡特 | Alcatel, old company name | |
| 卡尔 | (name) Karl; Carl | |
| 高卡车 | (loanword) go-kart | |
| 卡拉布里亚 | Calabria, southernmost Italian province | |
| 卡利亚里 | Cagliari, Sardinia | |
| 卡拉卡斯 | (Tw) Caracas, capital of Venezuela | |
| 卡尔加里 | Calgary, largest city of Alberta, Canada |
Sound family
These characters use 卡 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卡 sound part | card, punch card; calorie | |
| 咔 | used in transliterations | |
| 佧 | an ancient tribe in China | |
| 胩 | carbylamine; isocyanide |