Mnemonic comic for 卡

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

卡

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

卡

qiǎ = qi + a3

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

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I love Karl Marx' fashion style! The blue lines are supposed to be summoned wind.

Matthias, over 1 year ago

卡 character breakdown

卡
- 上
  - - 一
    - 丄
      - 丨
      - 一
    - 丨
    - 二
      - 一
    - ⺊
      - 丨
      - 一
    - 一
- 卜
  - 丨
  - 丶

Component Translations

上

shǎng = sh + ang3

used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]

上

shàng = sh + ang4

(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

卜