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嘉
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Translingual
Han character
嘉 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土口廿口 (GRTR) or 難土口廿口 (XGRTR), four-corner 40461, composition ⿱壴加)
Derived characters
- 䕒, 𠏼, 𡣗, 𤀺, 𤐵, 𤪘
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 205, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4176
- Dae Jaweon: page 427, character 25
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 672, character 11
- Unihan data for U+5609
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Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kraːl): semantic 壴 + phonetic 加 (OC *kraːl).
Etymology
Related to Burmese ကဲ (kai:, “to overdo, exceed”) (Hill, 2019).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaa1
- (Dongguan, Jyutping++): gaa1
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): ga1
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): jia1
- Northern Min (KCR): gá
- Eastern Min (BUC): gă
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ga1
- Southern Min
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gaa1
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1ka; 1cia
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jia1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jiā
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jia
- Wade–Giles: chia1
- Yale: jyā
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jia
- Palladius: цзя (czja)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
- (Xi'an)
- Guanzhong Pinyin: jiǎ
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕia²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: gaa1
- Yale: gā
- Cantonese Pinyin: gaa1
- Guangdong Romanization: ga1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kaː⁵⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: gaa1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ka²¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: ga1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ka³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ
- Hakka Romanization System: gaˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: ga1
- Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: gaˋ
- Sinological IPA: /ka⁵³/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: jia1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕia¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gá
- Sinological IPA (key): /ka⁵⁴/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gă
- Sinological IPA (key): /ka⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ga1
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ga
- Sinological IPA (key): /ka⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: ga1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ka⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka
- Tâi-lô: ka
- Phofsit Daibuun: kaf
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³/
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kee
- Tâi-lô: kee
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: gia1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kia
- Sinological IPA (key): /kia³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Jyutping++: gaa1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ka⁵³/
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Wu
Note:
- 1ka - vernacular;
- 1jia - literary.
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: jia1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕi̯a̠³³/
- (Changsha)
- Middle Chinese: kae
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤ<r>aj/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kraːl/
Definitions
嘉
Compounds
- 南有嘉魚 / 南有嘉鱼
- 可嘉 (kějiā)
- 嘉偶天成
- 嘉勉 (jiāmiǎn)
- 嘉南大圳
- 嘉南平原
- 嘉名
- 嘉問 / 嘉问
- 嘉客
- 嘉寶 / 嘉宝 (Jiābǎo)
- 嘉尚
- 嘉峪關 / 嘉峪关 (Jiāyùguān)
- 嘉平
- 嘉年華會 / 嘉年华会
- 嘉惠
- 嘉慶 / 嘉庆 (Jiāqìng)
- 嘉戎 (Jiāróng)
- 嘉會 / 嘉会
- 嘉歲 / 嘉岁
- 嘉殽 / 嘉淆 (jiāyáo)
- 嘉澍
- 嘉獎 / 嘉奖 (jiājiǎng)
- 嘉玉
- 嘉石
- 嘉祐
- 嘉祐四友
- 嘉祐集
- 嘉禮 / 嘉礼 (jiālǐ)
- 嘉禾 (jiāhé)
- 嘉穀 / 嘉谷
- 嘉義 / 嘉义 (Jiāyì)
- 嘉耦
- 嘉肴 (jiāyáo)
- 嘉興 / 嘉兴 (Jiāxīng)
- 嘉蔬
- 嘉言 (jiāyán)
- 嘉言善行
- 嘉言懿行
- 嘉許 / 嘉许 (jiāxǔ)
- 嘉話 / 嘉话
- 嘉謨 / 嘉谟
- 嘉貺 / 嘉贶
- 嘉賓 / 嘉宾 (jiābīn)
- 嘉釀 / 嘉酿
- 嘉陵江 (Jiālíng Jiāng)
- 嘉靖 (Jiājìng)
- 嘉魚 / 嘉鱼 (Jiāyú)
- 嘉麗妹妹 / 嘉丽妹妹
- 孔嘉
- 孝行可嘉
- 孟嘉落帽
- 強飯為嘉 / 强饭为嘉
- 忠言嘉謨 / 忠言嘉谟
- 旨酒嘉肴
- 柔嘉
- 永嘉 (Yǒngjiā)
- 永嘉之亂 / 永嘉之乱 (Yǒngjiā Zhī Luàn)
- 百嘉
- 盈車嘉穗 / 盈车嘉穗
- 科西嘉 (Kēxījiā)
- 精神可嘉
- 落帽孟嘉
- 讜言嘉論 / 谠言嘉论
- 阿斯嘉特 (Āsījiātè)
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Japanese
Kanji
嘉
Readings
Korean
Hanja
嘉 (eumhun 아름다울 가 (areumdaul ga))
- beautiful
- happy, joyous
Vietnamese
Han character
嘉: Hán Việt readings: gia
嘉: Nôm readings: gia
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