刹 shā
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 杀 to kill, to murder, to slaughter 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
刹那
chànà
an instant; a split second
Characters in this word
那 nà
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
Example phrases
- 闪电划破夜空的刹那，整座山谷都被照亮了。 Shǎndiàn huápò yèkōng de chànà, zhěng zuò shāngǔ dōu bèi zhàoliàng le. At the instant lightning tore across the night sky, the whole valley was lit up.
- 就在门关上的刹那，他想起钥匙还在屋里。 Jiù zài mén guān shàng de chànà, tā xiǎngqǐ yàoshi hái zài wū lǐ. At the very instant the door closed, he remembered the keys were still inside.
- 烟花在夜空绽放的刹那，所有的孩子都叫了起来。 Yānhuā zài yèkōng zhànfàng de chànà, suǒyǒu de háizi dōu jiào le qǐlai. At the instant the fireworks burst open in the night sky, all the children cried out.