Dictionary/码

码

mǎ

ㄇㄚˇ 碼
HSK 4TOCFL L18 strokestop 20 by use on the map →
1(archaic) agate
2(bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale
3number
4(computing) code
5(clothing) size
6yard (unit of length)
7(coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references)
8(coll.) to pile up; to stack
9classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事|不是一码事[bu4 shi4 yi1 ma3 shi4] "not the same thing")
10(Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)

Etymology

pictophonetic · stone

Radical

石 · number, numeral, symbol; yard

Composition

Writing

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