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ㄓㄚ ˊ

zhá

sluice

闸 is an 8 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as zhá in the second tone.

In traditional Chinese the characters or may be used instead.

It is made up of the components (gate) and (first).

  • ㄓㄚ ˊ

    zhá

    sluice

    • ㄇㄣ ˊ

      mén

      gate

    • ㄐㄧㄚ ˇ

      jiǎ

      first

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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

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