Chinese Character 卡 Meanings and components.

Form

卡

Meaning

卡 meaning[3] in English

To Stop.

To Block.

(Computing) (Coll.) Slow.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 卡 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] (上) , and surname Bu (卜)

Its radical[1] is: 卜 (bo5) which means: Surname Bu, .卜bo5surname Bu

In cangjie it is written with YMY

How to write 卡

To write卡ka3to stop you should write a combination of 上shang4see 上聲|上声[shang3 … , 卜bo5surname Bu arranged in a 吕 shape:

上 + 卜 = 卡

卡 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 卡 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 卡, looks as follow:

卡
Pinyin:ka3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Block . (Computing) (Coll.) Slow . (Loanword) Card . Cl:張|张[Zhang1],片[Pian4] . Truck (From 'Car') . Calorie (Abbr. For 卡路里[Ka3 Lu4 Li3]) . Cassette
上
Pinyin:shang4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: See 上聲|上声[Shang3 Sheng1]
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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