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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
- (onom.) scraping sound
- ripping of fabric
- screeching of tires
chā - (onom.) used in 喀嚓[ka1cha1] and 啪嚓[pa1cha1]
- Taiwan pr. [ca1]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 34,953 31,626 14,027

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Mouth

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
咔嚓 - - 16,336 31,047 20,430
喀嚓 - - 27,928 52,469 58,119
- - 34,953 31,626 14,027
嚓嚓 - - 50,032 81,277 55,989