笳

笳 U+7B33, 笳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B33 ← 笲 [U+7B32] CJK Unified Ideographs 笴 → [U+7B34]

Translingual

Han character

笳 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹大尸口 (HKSR), four-corner 8846₃, composition ⿱𥫗加)

1. a reed leaf whistle

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 881, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25950
• Dae Jaweon: page 1309, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2960, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7B33

Chinese

Characters in the same phonetic series (加) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
妿	*kaːl, *qaːl
賀	*ɡaːls
迦	*ka, *kal, *kraːl
茄	*ɡa, *ɡal, *kraːl
伽	*ɡa, *ɡal
枷	*ɡa, *ɡal, *kraːl
嘉	*kraːl
加	*kraːl
笳	*kraːl
痂	*kraːl
袈	*kraːl
跏	*kraːl
珈	*kraːl
鴐	*kraːl
架	*kraːls
駕	*kraːls
瘸	*ɡʷal

trad.		笳
simp. #		笳
alternative forms		葭 ancient 䈔 ancient

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiā (jia¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka

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• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaa¹
    • Yale: gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka
    • Tâi-lô: ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: kae

Rime
Character	笳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古牙切
Baxter	kae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠa/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚa/
Shao Rongfen	/ka/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨ/
Li Rong	/ka/
Wang Li	/ka/
Bernard Karlgren	/ka/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiā
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	笳
Reading #	1/1
No.	5874
Phonetic component	加
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	嘉
Old Chinese	/*kraːl/

Definitions

笳

1. Synonym of 胡笳 (hújiā)

Compounds

• 悲笳
• 笳管
• 笳聲／笳声 (jiāshēng)
• 笳角
• 胡笳 (hújiā)
• 鳴笳／鸣笳

 

Japanese

Kanji

笳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: か (ka)
• Kun: あしぶえ (ashibue)

Korean

Hanja

笳 (eumhun 호드기 가 (hodeugi ga))

1. Hanja form^? of 가.

Compounds

Compounds

• 가관 (笳管, gagwan)
• 가무 (笳舞, gamu)
• 가척 (笳尺, gacheok)
• 일성호가 (一聲胡笳, ilseonghoga)
• 호가 (胡笳, hoga)

Vietnamese

Han character

笳: Hán Nôm readings: già

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References

• Nôm Foundation