嘎

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See also: 尜
嘎 U+560E, 嘎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-560E
← 嘍
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嘏 →

Translingual

Han character

嘎 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口一山戈 (RMUI), four-corner 61053, composition ⿰口戛)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 205, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4184
  • Dae Jaweon: page 428, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 675, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+560E

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (戛) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
戛 *kriːɡ
嘎 *kriːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kriːɡ) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 戛 (OC *kriːɡ).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 嘎

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 嘎
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 鎋 (75)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古黠切
Baxter keat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠɛt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚæt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kəɨt̚/
Li
Rong 		/kɛt̚/
Wang
Li 		/kæt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kat̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jia
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gaat3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嘎
Reading # 1/1
No. 5926
Phonetic
component 		戛
Rime
group 		質
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		戛
Old
Chinese 		/*kriːɡ/

Definitions

嘎

  1. (onomatopoeic) A short but loud sound: crack; creak; screech

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 嘎

Pronunciation

Definitions

嘎

  1. Only used in 嘎調／嘎调.

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 嘎

Pronunciation

Definitions

嘎

  1. Alternative form of 尜 (gá)

Compounds

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.
 嘎
alternative forms 玍
戛

Pronunciation

Definitions

嘎

  1. (Beijing, Northeastern, Jilu, Jiaoliao and Central Plains Mandarin, dialectal Jin) ill-tempered
  2. (Beijing, Northeastern, Jilu and Central Plains Mandarin) naughty

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.
 嘎
alternative forms 戛
朒

Pronunciation

Definitions

嘎

  1. (Sichuanese) meat

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

嘎

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. sound of laughter
  2. bad
  3. malevolent

Readings

  • On (unclassified): かつ (katsu)、けち (kechi)

Korean

Hanja

嘎 • (al) (hangeul 알, revised al, McCune–Reischauer al)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嘎: Hán Nôm readings: ca

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References

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