碼 (maa5 | ma3) : numeral; symbol; yard (length)

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碼

maa5

ma3

[1] number; numeral; symbol; code [2] yard (measure of length)

Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: 石 (#112)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

碼 / 码

This word has been viewed 9666 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Aug 2009 06:00

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起碼 hei2 maa5 qi3 ma3 = at least; minimum

數碼 sou3 maa5 shu4 ma3 = digital

號碼 hou6 maa5 hao4 ma3 = number

電話號碼 din6 waa6*2 hou6 maa5 dian4 hua4 hao4 ma3 = telephone number

大碼 daai6 maa5 = large size

碼子 maa5 zi2 = a numeral; a counter; a chip

數碼相機 sou3 maa5 soeng3*2 gei1 = digital camera

數碼攝錄機 sou3 maa5 sip3 luk6 gei1 shu4 ma3 she4 lu4 ji1 = digital video camera

加細碼 gaa1 sai3 maa5 = extra small size (XS)

加大碼 gaa1 daai6 maa5 = extra large size (XL)
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Decimal representation of this word: 碼
Unicode code for this character: U+78bc (off-site link)

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