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sluice
            闸 is an 8 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as zhá in the second tone.
In traditional Chinese the characters 閘 or 牐 may be used instead.
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 闸
Definitions for 闸 pronounced as zhá
- gear
 - brake
 - sluice
 - lock (on waterway)
 - electric switch or circuit breaker
 - old variant of 閘|闸[zha2]
 - sluice
 - lock (on waterway)
 
Vocabulary
The most common words for 闸 — see all
- (of a circuit breaker or switch) to trip
 
- Zhabei district, central Shanghai
 
- electric switch
 - circuit breaker