刹 — Chinese character
刹
shā
temple, shrine, monastary; an instant, a moment; to brake
- Pinyin
- shā
- Radical
- 18 ⼑ (Knife)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 杀 刂
- Formation
- pictophonetic — knife; meaning component 刂; sound component 杀
- Traditional
- 剎
- Japanese
- 刹 as a kanji
Common words with 刹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刹车 (剎車) | shā chē | to brake (when driving); to stop |
| 一刹那 (一剎那) | yī chà nà | a moment; an instant |
| 刹那 (剎那) | chà nà | an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye |
| 古刹 (古剎) | gǔ chà | old Buddhist temple |
| 什刹海 (什剎海) | shí chà hǎi | Shichahai, scenic area of northwest Beijing with three lakes |
| 急刹车 (急剎車) | jí shā chē | emergency braking |
| 罗刹 (羅剎) | luó chà | demon in Buddhism; poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food |
| 刹住 (剎住) | shā zhù | to stop; to come to a halt |
| 手刹 (手剎) | shǒu shā | handbrake |
| 巴刹 (巴剎) | bā shā | bazaar (loanword); Taiwan pr. [ba1 cha4] |
| 刹车灯 (剎車燈) | shā chē dēng | brake light |
| 刹时 (剎時) | chà shí | in a flash; in the twinkling of an eye |
English words written with 刹
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.