卡

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• KangXi: page 158, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2781
• Dae Jaweon: page 362, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 92, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5361

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		卡

Glyph origin

This character is a vertical stacking of 上 ("up") and 下 with fusion of the horizontal lines, thus representing being squeezed between above and below.

Etymology 1

Maybe cognate with 夾／夹 ("to clip").

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎ, kǎ (qia³, ka³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄚˇ, ㄎㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaa², kaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄚˇ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ia³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chea
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯a̠²¹⁴/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: kǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄚˇ
    • Wade-Giles: k'a³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaa
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰa̠²¹⁴/
  • Note: qiǎ - literary; kǎ - colloquial.
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kaa², kaa¹
    • Yale: ká, kā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaa², kaa¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɑː³⁵/, /kʰɑː⁵⁵/

Definitions

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 kǎ zài hóulóng lǐ. [Pinyin]

     A fishbone is stuck in the throat.

2. to clip; to fasten
3. to scrag; to choke

   • 歹徒卡住他的脖子。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Dǎitú kǎ zhù tā de bózǐ. [Pinyin]

     The ruffian wrung his neck.

4. a pin, a fastener
   • 髮卡 / 发卡  ―  fāqiǎ  ―  hairpin
5. a checkpoint, a checkpost

Etymology 2

Used as a transliteration character.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎ (ka³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaa¹, kaat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: kǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄚˇ
    • Wade-Giles: k'a³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaa
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰa̠²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kaa¹, kaat¹
    • Yale: kā, kāat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaa¹, kaat⁷
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɑː⁵⁵/, /kʰɑːt̚⁵/
  • Note: kaat1 - "card"; kaa1 - others.

Definitions

卡

1. (English card) a card
   • 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
2. (English car) → 卡車／卡车 ("truck, lorry")
3. (French calorie) Abbreviation of 卡路里.
4. (English cassette) → 卡帶／卡带 ("cassette")

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Japanese

Kanji

卡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: さふ (safu), さ (sa), か (ka), ぞう (zō), そう (sō)

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Korean

Hanja

卡 (jap) (hangeul 잡, revised jap, McCune-Reischauer chap)

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Vietnamese

Han character

卡 (tạp, ca)

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