伽

Translingual

Han character

伽 (radical 9 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人大尸口 (OKSR), four-corner 2620₀, composition ⿰亻加)

1. transcription of Sanskrit 'gha' in Buddhist texts ('samgha', etc.)
2. nursing, attending, entertainer (Japanese)
3. temple

Usage notes

• In Chinese, this character is not used alone

References

• KangXi: page 97, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 486
• Dae Jaweon: page 205, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 140, character 7
• Unihan data for U+4F3D

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Cantonese

Hanzi

伽 (Yale ga1, ke4)

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Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /toɡi/

Noun

伽 (hiragana とぎ, romaji togi)

1. revealing one of boredom with a story; also, such a person
2. attending one in their bedroom; also, such a person
3. nursing or taking care of a person; also, such a person

Kanji

伽

Readings

• On: きゃ (kya), か (ka), が (ga)
• Kun: とぎ (togi)

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Korean

Hanja

伽
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 가 (revised: ga, McCune-Reischauer: ka)

• Name (hangeul): 절()

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Mandarin

Hanzi

伽 (pinyin jiā (jia1), qié (qie2), Wade-Giles chia¹, ch'ieh²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

伽 (già, giả, gia, nhà)

References

• Nom Foundation