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閘

zhá

sluice; flood gate, canal lock

Strokes
13
Radical
門
HSK
—
Tone
2

Other readings: yā

Simplified form: 闸

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 闸, the simplified form of 閘. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 愚蠢骑着没有闸的单车。

    Yú chǔn qí zhe méi yǒu zhá de dān chē

    Stupidity is riding a bike that doesn't have brakes.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 闸

  • 闸zhá 2gear; brake; sluice; lock (on waterway); electric switch or circuit breaker