咔

kǎ = k + a3

(used as phonetic "ka")

咔 character breakdown

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

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 = 上 + 卜 : 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.

qiǎ = qi + a3

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

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

Characters with 咔 as component

咔 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 咔

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

(onom.) click / clatter

khaki (loanword)

carbazole (chemistry) (loanword)

(onom.) clunk

Sentences with 咔

咔 currently does not appear in any sentence.