简体
繁體
pīnyīn
ㄅㄆㄇㄈ
cā, chā
a cracking or snapping sound
Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 察 represents the sound.
口 Meaning component
kǒu
mouth
察 Sound component
chá
examine
嚓
cā
a cracking or snapping sound; (onom.) scraping sound; ripping of fabric; screeching of tires
chā
(onom.) snap; pop; see 喀嚓[kāchā]
咔嚓
stop it
pop
喀嚓
(onom.) breaking or snapping
嚓嚓
(onom.) screech
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 0.5286% of movies
3340th most common character in movies
3600th most common character in books
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