嘉

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excellent; auspicious; to praise; to commend

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

壴 meaning “drum” + 加 sound ( jiā )

Components 壴加

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drum + 加 add

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
科西嘉岛	Kē xī jiā Dǎo	Corsica (Island located west of Italy and southeast of France)
嘉义县	Jiā yì Xiàn	Jiayi or Chiayi County in west Taiwan
嘉义市	Jiā yì shì	Chiayi city in central Taiwan
嘉定区	Jiā dìng qū	Jiading district of northwest Shanghai
嘉鱼县	Jiā yú Xiàn	Jiayu, a county in Xianning City 咸寧市\|咸宁市[Xian2 ning2 Shi4], Hubei
王嘉尔	Wáng Jiā ěr	Jackson Wang (1994–), Hong Kong singer, rapper and dancer, member of GOT7 and founder of T…
嘉年华	jiā nián huá	(loanword) carnival
嘉兴市	Jiā xīng Shì	Jiaxing, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3]
嘉士伯	Jiā shì bó	Carlsberg
嘉善县	Jiā shàn Xiàn	Jiashan, a county in Jiaxing City 嘉興市\|嘉兴市[Jia1 xing1 Shi4], Zhejiang
嘉会	jiā huì	auspicious occasion; grand feast
永嘉县	Yǒng jiā Xiàn	Yongjia, a county in Wenzhou City 溫州市\|温州市[Wen1 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang
嘉宝果	jiā bǎo guǒ	jaboticaba; Brazilian grape tree
罗嘉良	Luó Jiā liáng	Gallen Lo (1962-), Hong Kong actor and singer
嘉义	Jiā yì	Chiayi, a city and county in west Taiwan
嘉定	Jiā dìng	Jiading district of northwest Shanghai; final reign name 1208-1224 of South Song emperor N…
可嘉	kě jiā	laudable
嘉尔曼	Jiā ěr màn	Carmen (name)
嘉鱼	Jiā yú	see 嘉魚縣\|嘉鱼县[Jia1 yu2 Xian4]
李宝嘉	Lǐ Bǎo jiā	Li Boyuan 李伯元 or Li Baojia (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer…

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
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
咖	kā	coffee; used in transliterations
伽	jiā	temple; used to 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