剎 (chà)
instant/moment (also used for brake 'shā')
How 剎 is written
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 乂 — N/A
- Traditional
- 剎
- Simplified
- 刹
Components
- 乂 N/A
- 木 tree
- 丶 dot
- 刂 knife
剎 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- chà
- Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 剎多羅, Sanskrit ksetra)
- shā
- to brake
Common words using 剎
- 剎車 shāchē
- to brake (when driving); to stop; to switch off
- 剎那 chànà
- an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye
- 什剎海 shíchàhǎi
- Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes
- 古剎 gǔchà
- old Buddhist temple
- 急剎車 jíshāchē
- emergency braking
- 羅剎 luóchà
- demon in Buddhism; poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food
- 剎不住 shābùzhù
- unable to brake (stop)
- 剎住 shāzhù
- to stop; to come to a halt
- 剎時 chàshí
- in a flash; in the twinkling of an eye
剎 in a sentence
就在那一剎那，燈光突然全滅了。
Jiù zài nà yí chà nà, dēngguāng túrán quán miè le.
“In that instant, the lights suddenly all went out.”
How common is 剎?
剎 is the 2,244th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 97.9% of all running text.
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