闯卡
chuǎng​kǎ

run a checkpoint

闯 chuǎng rush in Simplified

A horse 马 charging through a gate 门

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door
马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

卡 kǎ stuck

Origin unclear, but typically explained as being stuck between something above (上) and something below (下). The uses of 卡 to mean "card" or "calorie" are foreign phonetic loans.

Components

上
上 Iconic component
shàng, shang up
下
下 Iconic component
xià, xia under

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

咔胩佧

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

闖 chuǎng rush in Traditional

A horse 馬 charging through a gate 門

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰraŋʔ
l̥ʰɯms

說文解字

馬出門皃。从馬在門中。讀若郴。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)