卡

See also: 𠧗 and 𠀝

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 佧, 咔, 拤, 胩, 鉲, 𠖺, 𡛨, 𡶛, 𣳓, 𤋈, 𤙐, 𦭌, 𪁯, 𫧱, 𫧲, 𫧳, 𫧵, 𫧶

References

• 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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		卡

Maybe cognate with 夾 (OC *kreːb, “to clip”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): kǎ, qiǎ (ka³, qia³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄚˇ, ㄑㄧㄚˇ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): qia¹ / ka¹ / ka³ / qia³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaa¹ / kaa²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khà
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khah / khá / kha̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻa³
    • Yale: kǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaa
    • Palladius: ка (ka)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻia³
    • Yale: chyǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chea
    • Palladius: ця (cja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ä²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: qia¹ / ka¹ / ka³ / qia³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kia / ka / kaa / kia
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰia⁵⁵/, /kʰa⁵⁵/, /kʰa⁵³/, /t͡ɕʰia⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kaa¹ / kaa²
    • Yale: kā / ká
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaa¹ / kaa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ka¹ / ka²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaː⁵⁵/, /kʰaː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khà
    • Hakka Romanization System: kaˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ka²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰa¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khah
    • Tâi-lô: khah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰaʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khá
    • Tâi-lô: khá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰa⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kha̍h
    • Tâi-lô: kha̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qah
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰaʔ⁴/

Note:

• khah/khá - vernacular (俗);
• kha̍h - 闔 is used in the Mainland.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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. (computing) to freeze up; to buffer; to stop loading; to lag

   卡在奇怪的地方  ―  kǎ zài qíguài de dìfāng  ―  it stopped (loading) at a strange frame

5. (computing) laggy; slow; not responding
6. pin; fastener
   • 髮卡／发卡  ―  fàqiǎ  ―  hairpin
7. checkpoint; checkpost

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		卡
alternative forms		咭 Cantonese

From English card.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎ (ka³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaat¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khá / khà
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khá / khah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻa³
    • Yale: kǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaa
    • Palladius: ка (ka)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kaat¹
    • Yale: kāat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: kad¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaːt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khá / khà
    • Hakka Romanization System: ka` / kaˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ka³ / ka²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰa³¹/, /kʰa¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khá
    • Tâi-lô: khá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰa⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khah
    • Tâi-lô: khah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰaʔ³²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 卡

1. card (Classifier: 張／张)
   • 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

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		卡

From French calorie.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎ (ka³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khà

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻa³
    • Yale: kǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaa
    • Palladius: ка (ka)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kaa¹
    • Yale: kā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ka¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khà
    • Hakka Romanization System: kaˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ka²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰa¹¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 卡

1. Short for 卡路里 (kǎlùlǐ).

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		卡

From English car.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎ (ka³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khá / khah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻa³
    • Yale: kǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaa
    • Palladius: ка (ka)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kaa¹
    • Yale: kā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ka¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khá
    • Tâi-lô: khá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qar
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰa⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khah
    • Tâi-lô: khah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰaʔ³²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 卡

1. truck; lorry
   • 卡車／卡车  ―  kǎchē  ―  truck
   • 貨卡／货卡  ―  huòkǎ  ―  cargo truck
2. railcar

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.		卡

From French cassette.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎ (ka³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khah / khá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻa³
    • Yale: kǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaa
    • Palladius: ка (ka)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kaa¹
    • Yale: kā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ka¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khah / khá
    • Tâi-lô: khah / khá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qaq, qar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaʔ³²/, /kʰa⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaʔ⁵/, /kʰa⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaʔ³²/, /kʰa⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰaʔ³²/, /kʰa⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaʔ³²/, /kʰa⁴¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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

Etymology 6

simp. and trad.		卡

From English carat.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaa¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kaa¹
    • Yale: kā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ka¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaː⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 卡

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

References

• “Entry #1400”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
• “Entry #1401”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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Japanese

Kanji

卡

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• 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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Korean

Hanja

卡 (eum 잡 (jap))

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Vietnamese

Han character

卡: Hán Nôm readings: tạp, ca

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