插 (chā)
to insert; to stick in; to cut in (line)
How 插 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Traditional
- 插
- Simplified
- 插 (unchanged)
Components
- 扌 hand
- ㇒ N/A
- 十 ten
- 臼 mortar
Common words using 插
- 插上 chāshang
- to plug into; to insert; to stick in
- 插件 chājiàn
- plug-in (software component)
- 插入 chārù
- to insert; to stick; to thrust
- 插座 chāzuò
- socket; outlet
- 插曲 chāqǔ
- music played during a movie, play etc; incidental music; music played in a theatrical interlude
- 插畫 chāhuà
- illustration
- 插花 chāhuā
- flower arranging; ikebana
- 插隊 chāduì
- to cut in line; to jump a queue; to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution)
- 插頭 chātóu
- plug
- 穿插 chuānchā
- to insert; to take turns, alternate; to interweave
- 倒插門 dàochāmén
- to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)
- 兩肋插刀 liǎnglèichādāo
- lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom); fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
插 in a sentence
插隊是非常不禮貌的行為。
Chāduì shì fēicháng bù lǐmào de xíngwéi.
“Cutting in line is very impolite behavior.”
How common is 插?
插 is the 1,493rd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 94.5% of all running text.
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