嘉

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 壴 + phonetic 加

Han character

嘉 (radical 30 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土口廿口 (GRTR), X土口廿口 (XGRTR), four-corner 4046₁, composition ⿱壴加)

1. goodness
2. excellent
3. joyful
4. auspicious

References

• KangXi: page 205, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4176
• Dae Jaweon: page 427, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 672, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5609

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Cantonese

Hanzi

嘉 (Yale ga1)

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Japanese

Kanji

嘉

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. ka, ga
2. jia, chia
3. yoshi

Readings

• Goon: け (ke)
• Kan’on: か (ka)
• Kun: よみする (yomisuru), よい (yoi)

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Korean

Hanja

嘉 (ga) (hangeul 가, revised ga, McCune-Reischauer ka)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

嘉 (Pinyin jiā (jia1), Wade-Giles chia¹)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

嘉 (ga)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

嘉 (POJ ka (ka¹), ke (ke¹))

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Vietnamese

Han character

嘉 (gia)

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