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zhá(zha2) // pronunciation of 闸 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 闸

Unihan definition: sluice; flood gate, canal lock

Number of strokes: 8
Examples of other characters consisting of 8 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  169.5

Frequency rank: 3280

General standard index number: 1227

Traditional variant:

Examples of words containing this character: 下闸, 手闸, 旋闸, 气闸, 水闸, 港闸, 船闸, 跳闸, 闸口, 闸口, 闸盒, 闸道, 闸门, 电闸, 气动闸, 泄洪闸, 港闸区, 进水闸, 闸北区, 共同闸道介面

English translation (based on CEDICT):

牐|闸[zhá]:
- old variant of |[zha2]
- sluice
- lock (on waterway)
閘|闸[zhá]:
- gear
- brake
- sluice
- lock (on waterway)
- electric switch or circuit breaker

Details

Unicode code point: U+95F8

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