笳

笳

笳 U+7B33, 笳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7B33 ← 笲 [U+7B32] CJK Unified Ideographs 笴 → [U+7B34]

Translingual

Han character

笳 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹大尸口 (HKSR), four-corner 8846₃, composition ⿱𥫗加)

1. a reed leaf whistle

References

• KangXi: page 881, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25950
• Dae Jaweon: page 1309, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2960, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7B33

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Chinese

trad.		笳
simp. #		笳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiā (jia¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹
• Min Nan (POJ): ka

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jia
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹
    • Yale: jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jia
    • Palladius: цзя (czja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa¹
    • Yale: gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka
    • Tâi-lô: ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠa/

Rime
Character	笳
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
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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	笳
Reading #	1/1
No.	5874
Phonetic component	加
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	嘉
Old Chinese	/*kraːl/

Definitions

笳

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Compounds

悲笳 笳管

笳角 胡笳 (hújiā)

笳聲／笳声 (jiāshēng) 鳴笳／鸣笳

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Japanese

Kanji

笳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: か (ka)
• Kun: あしぶえ (ashibue)

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Korean

Hanja

笳 (eum 가 (ga))

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Vietnamese

Han character

笳: Hán Nôm readings: già

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References

• Nôm Foundation