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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kā | ka1
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used in transliterations

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口卡

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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猛地 měng de Cháo de 脚脖子 jiǎo bó zi yǎo 下去 xià qù 牙齿 yáchǐ Huán 直响

His teeth clicked as he snapped at my ankle.

nuó le 一下 yīxià 身体 shēntǐ de 重心 zhòngxīn 一根树枝 shù zhī 咔嚓 kā chā 一声 yī shēng duàn le

He shifted his weight and a twig snapped.

马刀 mǎ dāo zài 刀鞘 dāo qiào 咔嗒 kā dā 作响骑手 qí shǒu cuī 马向前

Sabres rasped from scabbards and the horsemen spurred forward.

矫健 jiǎo jiàn de 自行车 zìxíngchē 手们纷纷 fēnfēn 骑车 qí chē 冲出 chōng chū 起跑 qǐ pǎo Mén 突然 tūrán 苏格兰 Sū gé lán 选手 xuǎnshǒu de 左脚咔嗒 kā dā 一声 yī shēng cǎi kōng le 踏板 tà bǎn 观众 guānzhòng 不禁 bùjīn dǎo chōu le 一口 yī kǒu 冷气 lěng qì

As the gladiators rolled away from the starting gates, a gasp went up when the Scottish cyclist's left foot clicked out of the pedal.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
(used as phonetic "ka")
咔嚓 kā chā stop it咔嚓 kā chā
咔叽 kǎ jī khaki (loanword)咔嘰
咔嗒 kā dā clatter咔嗒 kā dā

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