賈

See also: 贾

Translingual

Han character

賈 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一田月山金 (MWBUC), four-corner 1080₆, composition ⿱覀貝)

Derived characters

• 價, 檟

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1208, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36755
• Dae Jaweon: page 1672, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3637, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8CC8

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Chinese

trad.		賈
simp.		贾

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
賈	*kraːʔ, *kraːs, *klaːʔ
檟	*kraːʔ
價	*kraːs
覀	*qʰraːʔ
襾	*qraːs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraːʔ, *kraːs, *klaːʔ) : phonetic 襾 (OC *qraːs) + semantic 貝 (“shellfish”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jiǎ (Jia³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ké / ká / kée

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jiǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jiǎ
    • Wade–Giles: Chia³
    • Yale: Jyǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jea
    • Palladius: Цзя (Czja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaa²
    • Yale: gá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ké
    • Tâi-lô: ké
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ke⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ká
    • Tâi-lô: ká
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kar
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ka⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kée
    • Tâi-lô: kée
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁵³/

Note:

• ké - vernacular;
• ká/kée - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: kaeX

Rime
Character	賈
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古疋切
Baxter	kaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠaX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚaX/
Shao Rongfen	/kaX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨX/
Li Rong	/kaX/
Wang Li	/kaX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kaX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	賈
Reading #	1/3
No.	14199
Phonetic component	襾
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	檟
Old Chinese	/*kraːʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 賈

1. a surname

   賈平凹／贾平凹  ―  Gǔ Píngwā  ―  Jia Pingwa (one of China's most popular authors)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔ (gu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ku³
    • Yale: gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guu
    • Palladius: гу (gu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gu²
    • Yale: gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kuX

Rime
Character	賈
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	公戸切
Baxter	kuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/kuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/koX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔX/
Li Rong	/koX/
Wang Li	/kuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qˤaʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*klaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	賈
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ kuX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qˁaʔ/
English	merchant; do business
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	賈
Reading #	3/3
No.	14205
Phonetic component	襾
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	古
Old Chinese	/*klaːʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 賈

1. merchant
2. to trade; to do business
3. (literary) to buy
4. (literary) to lead to; to incur; to bring about
5. (literary) to sell

Usage notes

In ancient China, 賈／贾 (gǔ) specifically refers to non-travelling merchants and 商 (shāng) specifically refers to travelling ones.

Descendants

• → Lao: ຄ້າ (khā)
• → Thai: ค้า (káa)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jià (jia⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jià
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jià
    • Wade–Giles: chia⁴
    • Yale: jyà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiah
    • Palladius: цзя (czja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaa³
    • Yale: ga
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³³/

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• Middle Chinese: kaeH

Rime
Character	賈
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古訝切
Baxter	kaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/kaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨH/
Li Rong	/kaH/
Wang Li	/kaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jià
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaa3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qˤ<r>aʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	賈
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jià
Middle Chinese	‹ kaeH ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qˁ<r>aʔ-s/ (or *mə.qˁ<r>aʔ-s?)
English	price
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	賈
Reading #	2/3
No.	14201
Phonetic component	襾
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	駕
Old Chinese	/*kraːs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 賈

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 價／价 (jià, “price; value”).

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Japanese

Kanji

賈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku); け (ke)
• Kan-on: か (ka); こ (ko)
• Kun: あきない (akinai, 賈い); あきなう (akinau, 賈う); うる (uru, 賈る); かう (kau, 賈う)

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Korean

Hanja

賈 • (ga, go) (hangeul 가, 고, revised ga, go, McCune–Reischauer ka, ko, Yale ka, ko)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 賈 (cổ, giá, giả, giớ)

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