伽

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伽 U+4F3D, 伽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F3D
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 伾 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

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

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡa, *ɡal) : semantic 人 (“man”) + phonetic 加 (OC *kraːl).

Pronunciation 1

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
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

伽

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

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

伽

  1. Used in transcription.
Compounds

Pronunciation 3

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Definitions

伽

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

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

伽

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. nursing
  2. attending
  3. entertainer
  4. used for transliterating Sanskrit

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

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

Korean

Hanja

伽 (eumhun 절 가 (jeol ga))

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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References

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