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U+5361, 卡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5361

[U+5360]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5362]

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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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): (up) + (down) with fusion of the horizontal lines, representing being squeezed between above and below.

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.

Maybe cognate with (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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  1. to wedge; to get stuck; to be jammed; to become tightly wedged
    魚刺喉嚨 [MSC, trad.]
    鱼刺喉咙 [MSC, simp.]
    Yúcì qiǎ zài hóulóng lǐ. [Pinyin]
    A fishbone is stuck in the throat.
  2. to be stuck; to hold back, constrain
    公司預警裁員從此生活這裡 [MSC, trad.]
    公司预警裁员从此生活这里 [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.
    中央政府地方預算死死什麼不了 [MSC, trad.]
    中央政府地方预算死死什么不了 [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
    歹徒脖子 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Dǎitú qiǎ zhù tā de bózi. [Pinyin]
    The ruffian choked him.
  5. clip; clamp
      ―  qiǎ  ―  hairpin
  6. (historical) checkpoint; checkpost
    Synonym: 卡子 (qiǎzi)
      ―  guānqiǎ  ―  checkpoint
  7. (dialectal) bottleneck; narrow pass
  8. (computing) to freeze up; to buffer; to stop loading; to lag
    奇怪地方 [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 [Taiwanese Mandarin, trad.]
    电脑 [Taiwanese Mandarin, simp.]
    diànnǎo 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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alternative forms Cantonese

From English card.

Pronunciation

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

Definitions

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  1. card (Classifier: m)
      ―  piàn  ―  card
    記憶记忆  ―  jìyì  ―  memory card
      ―    ―  celebration card
      ―  shuā  ―  to swipe one's card
    [Cantonese]  ―  luk1 kaat1 [Jyutping]  ―  to swipe one's card
    電話电话  ―  diànhuà  ―  phone card
Synonyms
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Compounds

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Etymology 3

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simp. and trad.

From French calorie.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. Short for 卡路里 (kǎlùlǐ).

Compounds

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Etymology 4

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simp. and trad.

From English car.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. truck; lorry
      ―  chē  ―  truck
      ―  huò  ―  cargo truck
  2. railcar
    列車列车 [Cantonese]  ―  gau2 kaa1 lit6 ce1 [Jyutping]  ―  nine-car train

Compounds

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Etymology 5

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simp. and trad.

From French cassette.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. Short for 卡式 (kǎshì, “cassette”).
      ―  dài  ―  cassette
    錄音機录音机  ―  shuāng lùyīnjī  ―  dual cassette recorder

Compounds

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Etymology 6

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simp. and trad.

From English khaki.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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

Compounds

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Etymology 7

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simp. and trad.

From English carat.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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

Etymology 8

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simp. and trad.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. Used in transcription.
Compounds
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Etymology 9

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simp. and trad.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of  / (more)

Etymology 10

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simp. and trad.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. (Hokkien) Alternative form of (classifier)

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. card

Readings

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

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (jap))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: tạp, ca

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