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