= k + a3
(used as phonetic "ka")
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How to pronounce 咔

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= k initial

K is for Karl Marx.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ a3 final

In the ashram’s living room.

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咔 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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= 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
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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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Characters with 咔 as component

咔 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 咔

(onom.) breaking or snapping / (coll.) cut it out / stop it / also written 喀嚓[ka1 cha1]
carbazole (chemistry) (loanword)
(onom.) click / clatter

Sentences with 咔

咔 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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(used as phonetic "ka")

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