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卡

See also: 𠧗 and 𠀝
卡 U+5361, 卡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5361
← 占
[U+5360] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 卢 →
[U+5362]

Translingual

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Han character

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卡 (Kangxi radical 25, 卜+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 卜一卜 (YMY), four-corner 21231, composition ⿱上卜)

Derived characters

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Additional Derived Characters

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 158, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2781
  • Dae Jaweon: page 362, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 92, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+5361

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 上 (“up”) + 下 (“down”) with fusion of the horizontal lines, representing being squeezed between above and below.

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
 卡

Maybe cognate with 夾 (OC *kreːb, “to clip”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • qiǎ - in senses "to throttle" and "clip" and in 卡子 in Taiwan;
  • kǎ - all other senses in Taiwan.
Note:
  • kaa2 - variant;
  • zaap6 - variant used in 關卡;
  • kaat1 - variant.
Note: kha̍h - 闔 is used in the Mainland.

Definitions

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卡

  1. to wedge; to get stuck; to be jammed; to become tightly wedged
    魚刺卡在喉嚨裡。 [MSC, trad.]
    鱼刺卡在喉咙里。 [MSC, simp.]
    Yúcì qiǎ zài hóulóng lǐ. [Pinyin]
    A fishbone is stuck in the throat.
  2. to be stuck; to hold back, constrain
    公司無預警裁員，從此我的生活就卡在這裡。 [MSC, trad.]
    公司无预警裁员，从此我的生活就卡在这里。 [MSC, simp.]
    Gōngsī wú yùjǐng cáiyuán, cóngcǐ wǒ de shēnghuó jiù qiǎ zài zhèlǐ. [Pinyin]
    The company laid off employees without warning, and my life has been stuck here ever since.
    中央政府把地方的預算卡得死死的，什麼事都做不了。 [MSC, trad.]
    中央政府把地方的预算卡得死死的，什么事都做不了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhōngyāngzhèngfǔ bǎ dìfāng de yùsuàn qiǎ de sǐsǐ de, shénme shì dōu zuò bùliǎo. [Pinyin]
    The central government is tightening the budget so much that the local governments can’t get anything done.
  3. to withhold, refuse to give (a person or property)
  4. to clamp with one's hands; to choke, throttle
    歹徒卡住他的脖子。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Dǎitú qiǎ zhù tā de bózi. [Pinyin]
    The ruffian choked him.
  5. clip; clamp
    髮卡／发卡  ―  fàqiǎ  ―  hairpin
  6. (historical) checkpoint; checkpost
    Synonym: 卡子 (qiǎzi)
    關卡／关卡  ―  guānqiǎ  ―  checkpoint
  7. (dialectal) bottleneck; narrow pass
  8. (computing) to freeze up; to buffer; to stop loading; to lag
    卡在奇怪的地方 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    qiǎ zài qíguài de dìfāng [Pinyin]
    it stopped (loading) at a strange frame
  9. (computing) laggy; slow; not responding
    電腦卡卡的跑不太動 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
    电脑卡卡的跑不太动 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
    diànnǎo kǎ kǎ de pǎo bù tài dòng [Pinyin]
    the computer is lagging and running super slow
  10. (Gan) fishbone
  11. a surname, Qia

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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simp. and trad.
 卡
alternative forms 咭 Cantonese

From English card.

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Note: kaat1 - variant.
Note: khá - variant in Taiwan.

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卡

  1. card (Classifier: 張／张 m)
    卡片  ―  kǎpiàn  ―  card
    記憶卡／记忆卡  ―  jìyìkǎ  ―  memory card
    賀卡／贺卡  ―  hèkǎ  ―  celebration card
    刷卡  ―  shuākǎ  ―  to swipe one's card
    碌卡 [Cantonese]  ―  luk1 kaat1 [Jyutping]  ―  to swipe one's card
    電話卡／电话卡  ―  diànhuàkǎ  ―  phone card
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Etymology 3

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simp. and trad.
 卡

From French calorie.

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卡

  1. Short for 卡路里 (kǎlùlǐ).

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Etymology 4

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simp. and trad.
 卡

From English car.

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卡

  1. truck; lorry
    卡車／卡车  ―  kǎchē  ―  truck
    貨卡／货卡  ―  huòkǎ  ―  cargo truck
  2. railcar
    九卡列車／九卡列车 [Cantonese]  ―  gau2 kaa1 lit6 ce1 [Jyutping]  ―  nine-car train

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Etymology 5

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From French cassette.

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卡

  1. Short for 卡式 (kǎshì, “cassette”).
    卡帶／卡带  ―  kǎdài  ―  cassette
    雙卡錄音機／双卡录音机  ―  shuāng kǎ lùyīnjī  ―  dual cassette recorder

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Etymology 6

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simp. and trad.
 卡

From English khaki.

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卡

  1. Short for 卡其 (kǎqí, “khaki fabric”).
    雙面卡／双面卡  ―  shuāngmiàn kǎ  ―  double-sided khaki

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Etymology 7

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simp. and trad.
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From English carat.

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卡

  1. (Hong Kong) carat (unit of weight equivalent to 200 milligrams)

Etymology 8

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卡

  1. Used in transcription.
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Etymology 9

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simp. and trad.
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卡

  1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 較 / 较 (“more”)

Etymology 10

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卡

  1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of 奇 (classifier)

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Kanji

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卡

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. card

Readings

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  • Go-on: ぞう (zō)←ざふ (zafu, historical)
  • Kan-on: そう (sō)←さふ (safu, historical)
  • Tō-on: さ (sa)
  • Kan’yō-on: か (ka)

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Hanja

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卡 (eum 잡 (jap))

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Han character

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卡: Hán Nôm readings: tạp, ca

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