嚓

嚓 · cā / chā

a cracking or snapping sound

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
cā · chā
Cantonese
caat3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a cracking or snapping sound

Dictionary definitions & readings

嚓 cā · (onom.) scraping sound; ripping of fabric; screeching of tires

嚓 chā · used in 咔嚓 kā chā, 喀嚓 kā chā and 啪嚓 pā chā; Taiwan pr. cā

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10697.150:cā,chā Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0098.030:cā 0111.080:chā Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
030.020:cā 034.080:chā Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
cā粵caat3 chā粵caat3 Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
xát Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
RJBF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6309.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0212.191 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5693
Radical
口 · 30
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6236

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
嚓
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
10697.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10697.150
kIRGKangXi
0212.191
kKangXi
0212.191
kSMSZD2003Index
121.07
kCangjie
RJBF
kFourCornerCode
6309.1
kPhonetic
45*
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
BGTM
kIRG_GSource
G0-606A
kIRG_HSource
HB2-ECC0
kIRG_KSource
K2-2926
kIRG_TSource
T2-5C4C
kIRG_VSource
V1-502C
kRSUnicode
30.14
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
ECC0
kCCCII
217325
kCNS1986
2-5C4C
kCNS1992
2-5C4C
kEACC
217325
kGB0
6474
kGB1
6474
kTGH
2013:6236
kXerox
317:314
kCantonese
caat3
kDefinition
a cracking or snapping sound
kHanyuPinyin
10697.150:cā,chā
kMandarin
cā
kSMSZD2003Readings
cā粵caat3 chā粵caat3
kTGHZ2013
030.020:cā 034.080:chā
kVietnamese
xát
kXHC1983
0098.030:cā 0111.080:chā

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

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Shape description
口 beside 察 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam
Source notation ^⿰口察$(GHTKV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰口察$(GHTKV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.