插座
Old HSK 6
插座 (chāzuò) · electrical socket
插座 (chāzuò) means “electrical socket; outlet”. It is written with 2 characters: 插 (to insert) + 座 (seat). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 插座 is built
The characters
插 chā · to insert
What 插 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 臿chā — to separate the grain from the husk
- 千qiān — thousand
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 十 — ten
- 臼jiù — mortar
- 千qiān — thousand
座 zuò · seat
What 座 is made of
- 广guǎng — broad
- 丶 — dot
- 厂chǎng — cliff
- 坐zuò — seat
- 从cóng — from
- 人rén — person
- 人rén — person
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 从cóng — from
Origin hint: A wide 广 seat 坐; 坐 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
墙上有两个插座。Qiáng shàng yǒu liǎng gè chāzuò.There are two sockets on the wall.
请把电源插在插座上。Qǐng bǎ diànyuán chā zài chāzuò shàng.Please plug it into the socket.
Questions about 插座
What does 插座 mean?
插座 (chāzuò) means “electrical socket; outlet”.
How do you pronounce 插座?
插座 is pronounced chāzuò.
Which HSK level is 插座?
插座 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
Learn 插座 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 22: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.