嘎

Translingual edit

Han character edit

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

References edit

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 edit

Glyph origin edit

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 edit

simp. and trad.		嘎

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gā (ga¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄍㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹, gat¹, gaat³

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–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa¹, gat¹, gaat³
  - Yale: gā, gāt, gaat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹, gat⁷, gaat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga¹, ged¹, gad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵/, /kɐt̚⁵/, /kaːt̚³/

Middle Chinese: keat

Rime
Character	嘎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	山 (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/
Bernard Karlgren	/kat̚/
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 edit

嘎

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

Compounds edit

八嘎 (bāga)
嘎叭 (gába)
嘎吱
嘎啦
嘎嘎 (gāgā)
嘎嘎渣渣
嘎巴
嘎巴兒／嘎巴儿
嘎巴流星
嘎渣兒／嘎渣儿
嘰嘰嘎嘎／叽叽嘎嘎

Etymology 2 edit

simp. and trad.		嘎

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gá (ga²)
(Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˊ

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 edit

嘎

Only used in 嘎調／嘎调.

Etymology 3 edit

simp. and trad.		嘎

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gá (ga²)
(Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa⁴, gaat³

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–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa⁴, gaat³
  - Yale: gàh, gaat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa⁴, gaat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga⁴, gad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː²¹/, /kaːt̚³/

Definitions edit

嘎

Alternative form of 尜 (gá)

Compounds edit

嘎兒／嘎儿
嘎嘎 (gága)
嘎嘎兒／嘎嘎儿
嘎嘎兒天／嘎嘎儿天
嘎嘎棗兒／嘎嘎枣儿

Etymology 4 edit

simp. and trad.		嘎
alternative forms		玍戛

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǎ (ga³)
(Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa², gaat³

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–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa², gaat³
  - Yale: gá, gaat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa², gaat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga², gad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³⁵/, /kaːt̚³/

Definitions edit

嘎

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

Etymology 5 edit

simp. and trad.		嘎
alternative forms		戛朒

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ga³

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

Definitions edit

嘎

(Sichuanese) meat

Compounds edit

嘎嘎 (gāgā)

References edit

“嘎”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

嘎

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

sound of laughter
bad
malevolent

Readings edit

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

Korean edit

Hanja edit

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

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

嘎: Hán Nôm readings: ca

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References edit

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