伽

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

simp. and trad.		伽

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qié (qie²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ke⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qié
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cié
    • Wade–Giles: chʻieh²
    • Yale: chyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chye
    • Palladius: це (ce)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ke⁴
    • Yale: kèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ke⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ké⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gja

Rime
Character	伽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	戈 (96)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	求迦切
Baxter	gja
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨa/
Li Rong	/ɡiɑ/
Wang Li	/ɡǐɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qié
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ke4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡa/, /*ɡal/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	伽	伽
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5868	5869
Phonetic component	加	加
Rime group	魚	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	伽	伽
Old Chinese	/*ɡa/	/*ɡal/
Notes	譯音字，僧伽saṃɡha

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 伽

1. Original form of 茄 (qié).
2. Used in transcription.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gā (ga¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gā
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ga
    • Wade–Giles: ka¹
    • Yale: gā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ga
    • Palladius: га (ga)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaa¹
    • Yale: gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 伽

1. Used in transcription.

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiā (jia¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹

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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/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 伽

1. Used in transcription.
2. Short for 伽利略 (jiālìlüè, “galileo (unit)”).

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Japanese

Kanji

伽

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぎゃ (gya)
• Kan-on: きゃ (kya)
• Kan’yō-on: か (ka); が (ga)
• Kun: とぎ (togi, 伽)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
伽
とぎ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞ɡʲi]

Noun

伽(とぎ) • (togi) 

1. relieving 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

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Korean

Hanja

伽 • (ga)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 가 (revised: ga, McCune–Reischauer: ka)
  • Name (hangeul): 절
    

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Vietnamese

Han character

伽: Hán Nôm readings: già, giả, gia, nhà

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References

• Nom Foundation