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卡

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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

    Borrowed from English card; doublet of khà-lo͘h (in Hokkien).

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

    Definitions

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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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    		 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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    		 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
    3. go-cart
      卡丁車／卡丁车  ―  kǎdīngchē  ―  go-cart

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    Etymology 5

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    		 卡

    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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    		 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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    		 卡

    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

    From English gallon.

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    卡

    1. (Hong Kong) gallon (volumetric unit used for measuring paint, usually defined to be an imperial gallon or equal to 5 litres)

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    卡

    1. Used in transcription.
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    Etymology 10

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    		 卡

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    卡

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

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    		 卡

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    卡

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

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    Japanese

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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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