CHINESE CHARACTER

卡 (kǎ): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

kǎ

card, punch card; calorie

HSK 35 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

卜

Primary radical

卜 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 卡.

上 · 卜

Visible components

卡 is decomposed as ⿱上卜.

STROKES · 5

Write 卡 in 5 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

PRACTISE WRITING →

LEARN THIS CHARACTER IN CONTEXT

Vocabulary with 卡

卡kǎ

HSK 3 · to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; truck (from "car"); calorie

信用卡xìnyòngkǎ

HSK 3 · credit card

银行卡yínhángkǎ

HSK 3 · bank card

打卡dǎkǎ

HSK 6 · (of an employee) to clock on (or off); to punch in (or out); (on social media) to check in to a location

卡片kǎpiàn

HSK 6 · card

卡车kǎchē

HSK 7-9 · truck

Examples using 卡

卡

汽车撞上了卡车。

Qì chē zhuàng shàng le kǎ chē。

The car crashed into the truck.

信用卡

我想用信用卡支付。

Wǒ xiǎng yòng xìn yòng kǎ zhī fù。

I'd like to pay by credit card.

卡片

Tom处理了卡片。

T o m chǔ lǐ le kǎ piàn。

Tom dealt the cards.

FAQ

What does 卡 (kǎ) mean in Chinese?

card, punch card; calorie

How do you write 卡 in stroke order?

卡 has 5 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 卡?

卜 is the radical in 卡. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 卡?

卡 (kǎ): to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; truck (from "car"); calorie; 信用卡 (xìnyòngkǎ): credit card; 银行卡 (yínhángkǎ): bank card.