嘎

嘎

See also: 尜

嘎 U+560E, 嘎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-560E ← 嘍 [U+560D] CJK Unified Ideographs 嘏 → [U+560F]

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: 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

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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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gā (ga¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹, gat¹, gaat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gā
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ga
    • Wade–Giles: ka¹
    • Yale: gā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ga
    • Palladius: га (ga)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹, gat¹, gaat³
    • Yale: gā, gāt, gaat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹, gat⁷, gaat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹, ged¹, gad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵/, /kɐt̚⁵/, /kaːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠat̚/

Rime
Character	嘎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	山 (71)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古黠切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠat̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚat̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨt̚/
Li Rong	/kat̚/
Wang Li	/kat̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kăt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jia
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaat3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kriːɡ/

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

八嘎 (bāga) 嘎叭 (gába) 嘎吱 嘎啦 (gālā)

嘎嘎 (gāgā) 嘎嘎渣渣 嘎巴 (gāba) 嘎巴流星

嘎巴兒／嘎巴儿 嘎渣兒／嘎渣儿 嘰嘰嘎嘎／叽叽嘎嘎

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		嘎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gá (ga²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gá
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gá
    • Wade–Giles: ka²
    • Yale: gá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gar
    • Palladius: га (ga)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä³⁵/

Definitions

嘎

1. Only used in 嘎調／嘎调.

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		嘎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gá (ga²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa⁴, gaat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gá
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gá
    • Wade–Giles: ka²
    • Yale: gá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gar
    • Palladius: га (ga)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa⁴, gaat³
    • Yale: gàh, gaat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa⁴, gaat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga⁴, gad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː²¹/, /kaːt̚³/

Definitions

嘎

1. Alternative form of 尜 (gá).

Compounds

嘎嘎 (gága) 嘎兒／嘎儿

嘎嘎兒／嘎嘎儿 嘎嘎兒天／嘎嘎儿天

嘎嘎棗兒／嘎嘎枣儿

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		嘎
alternative forms		玍 戛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎ (ga³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa², gaat³

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa², gaat³
    • Yale: gá, gaat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa², gaat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga², gad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³⁵/, /kaːt̚³/

Definitions

嘎

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

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.		嘎
alternative forms		戛 朒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Chengdu, SP): ga³

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• Mandarin
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ga³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gaa
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka⁵³/

Definitions

嘎

1. (Sichuanese) meat

Compounds

嘎嘎

References

• “嘎”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Kanji

嘎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. sound of laughter
2. bad
3. malevolent

Readings

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

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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

• Nom Foundation