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伽

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traditionally used as phonetic for "ga"

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Strokes
7
Radical
人 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
伽
Common rank
#2,016
Unicode
U+4F3D

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Formation & memory

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How 伽 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

亻 meaning “person” + 加 sound ( jiā )

Components 亻 加

Words with 伽

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WordPinyinMeaning
阿伏伽德罗常数 Ā fú jiā dé luó cháng shù Avogadro's number (chemistry)
伽罗华理论 Jiā luó huá lǐ lùn Galois theory (math.)
伽罗瓦理论 Jiā luó wǎ lǐ lùn (math.) Galois theory
伽马射线 gā mǎ shè xiàn gamma ray
阿伏伽德罗 Ā fú jiā dé luó Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Italian scientist
伽师县 Jiā shī Xiàn Payzawat, a county in Kashgar City 喀什市[Ka1 shi2 Shi4], Xinjiang
伽罗华 Jiā luó huá Évariste Galois (1811–1832), French mathematician
伽利略号 Jiā lì lüè hào Galileo, American robotic spacecraft launched to Jupiter in 1989, orbiting the planet 1995…
伽利略·伽利雷 Jiā lì lüè · Jiā lì léi Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist
伽罗瓦 Jiā luó wǎ Évariste Galois (1811–1832), French mathematician
奥米伽 ào mǐ gā omega (Greek letter Ω, ω); also pr. [ao4mi3jia1]
欧米伽 ōu mǐ gā omega (Greek letter Ω, ω); also pr. [ou1mi3jia1]
伽利略 Jiā lì lüè Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist
伽马 gā mǎ (loanword) gamma (Greek letter Γ, γ); Taiwan pr. [jia1ma3]
伽师 Jiā shī see 伽師縣|伽师县[Jia1 shi1 Xian4]
伽蓝 qié lán Buddhist temple (loanword from Sanskrit "samgharama")
薄伽丘 Bó jiā qiū Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer, poet, and humanist, author of Decameron 十日…
瑜伽行派 Yú jiā Xíng pài see 唯識宗|唯识宗[Wei2 shi2 zong1]
伽玛 gā mǎ variant of 伽馬|伽马[ga1 ma3]
瑜伽宗 Yú jiā zōng see 唯識宗|唯识宗[Wei2 shi2 zong1]

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 加 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
加 sound part jiā to add to, to increase, to augment
架 jià frame, rack, stand; to prop up
驾 jià to drive, to ride, to sail; carriage, cart
嘉 jiā excellent; joyful; auspicious
咖 kā coffee; used in transliterations
茄 qié eggplant
迦 jiā used in transliterations
痂 jiā scab
枷 jiā the stocks, a cangue scaffold
瘸 qué lameness; paralysis of the hands or legs
跏 jiā to squat, to sit cross-legged
袈 jiā Buddhist cassock
笳 jiā reed whistle