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Translation

kǎ = k + a3: 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

Mnemonic

Protesting against capitalism in the ashram (a3), Karl Marx (k) attaches everyone's credit cards (卡) to balloons (上) to send them up (上) and away. He uses a voodoo staff (卜) to summon winds to carry the balloons away.

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All translations for 卡

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
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to block / to be stuck / to be wedged / customs station / a clip / a fastener / a checkpost / Taiwan pr. [ka3]
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卡 character breakdown

(bound form) to divine / to forecast or estimate / (of a place to live etc) to choose
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(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above
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Characters with 卡 as component

(chemistry) cadmium (old) / (Tw) californium
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(used as phonetic "ka")
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ancient name for an ethnic group in China
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to grip with both hands / to put one's hands on (one's hips)
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carbylamine / isocyanide
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Words with 卡

Ithaca, Island state of Greece, the home of Odysseus 奧迪修斯|奥迪修斯 / Ithaca NY, location of Cornell University 康奈爾|康奈尔
sinker (baseball) (loanword)
focaccia (loanword)
the name of various contactless smartcards, notably Yikatong (mainly for public transport in Beijing) and iPASS (mainly for public transport in Taiwan)
microSD card
stored-value card / prepaid card (telephone, transport etc)
rechargeable card / to recharge a card
Neckar River in Germany
lottery scratchcard
to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc)
public transportation card / prepaid transit card / subway pass

Sentences with 卡

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