嘉

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嘉 U+5609, 嘉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5609
← 嘈
[U+5608] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嘊 →
[U+560A]

Translingual

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Han character

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嘉 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土口廿口 (GRTR) or 難土口廿口 (XGRTR), four-corner 40461, composition ⿱壴加)

Derived characters

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Descendants

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 205, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4176
  • Dae Jaweon: page 427, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 672, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+5609

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 嘉

Glyph origin

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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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraːl) : semantic 壴 + phonetic 加 (OC *kraːl).

Etymology

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Related to Burmese ကဲ (kai:, “to overdo, exceed”) (Hill (2019)).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • 1ka - vernacular;
  • 1jia - literary.
    Rime
    Character 嘉
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 見 (28)
    Final (韻) 麻 (98)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) II
    Fanqie 古牙切
    Baxter kae
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/kˠa/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/kᵚa/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ka/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/kaɨ/
    Li
    Rong         		/ka/
    Wang
    Li         		/ka/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ka/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		jiā
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		gaa1
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 嘉
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		jiā
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ kæ ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kˁ<r>aj/
    English excellent

    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 嘉
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 5872
    Phonetic
    component         		加
    Rime
    group         		歌
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		嘉
    Old
    Chinese         		/*kraːl/

    Definitions

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    嘉

    1. excellent; good
      嘉賓／嘉宾  ―  jiābīn  ―  guest
    2. auspicious
    3. to praise, commend
      勇氣可嘉／勇气可嘉  ―  yǒngqì kějiā  ―  commendable courage

    Compounds

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    Japanese

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    Kanji

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    嘉

    (Jinmeiyō kanji)

    1. praise
    2. auspicious

    Readings

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    Korean

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    Hanja

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    嘉 (eumhun 아름다울 가 (areumdaul ga))

    1. beautiful
    2. happy, joyous

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    Han character

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    嘉: Hán Việt readings: gia
    嘉: Nôm readings: gia

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