Meaning of 闸
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
zhá
- sluice; sluice gate
- to dam up water
- (coll.) brake
- (coll.) electric switch
zhá
- old variant of 閘|闸[zha2]
- sluice
- lock (on waterway)
闸 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
愚蠢骑着没有闸的单车。
Stupidity is riding a bike that doesn't have brakes.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
闸 zhá · sluice · 8 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 闸.
| 闸门 | zhámén | sluice gate |
| 气闸 | qìzhá | pneumatic brake; airlock |
| 水闸 | shuǐzhá | sluice; water gate |
Questions about 闸
What does 闸 mean?
闸 (zhá) means "sluice; sluice gate; to dam up water" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 闸?
闸 is made of 1 character: 闸 (8 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.
Is 闸 an HSK word?
Yes. 闸 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 闸 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 闸 is written 閘.