尕

Translingual

Han character

尕 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 弓尸火 (NSF), four-corner 1790₂, composition ⿱乃小)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 297, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 562, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5C15

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		尕

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 乃 (“breast; milk”) + 小 (“small”) – a suckling infant (small).

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gǎ (ga³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): га (ga, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ga³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎ
    • Wade–Giles: ka³
    • Yale: gǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaa
    • Palladius: га (ga)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä²¹⁴/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: га (ga, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaa¹
    • Yale: gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ga³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka²¹³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 尕

1. (Central Plains Mandarin, Lanyin Mandarin) small
2. (Central Plains Mandarin) Prefix used before a name to indicate affection, similar to 小.

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Vietnamese

Han character

尕: Hán Nôm readings: ca

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References

• Nom Foundation