戛

2 readings · tap one to hear it

lance; to tap; to scrape; to chirp; custom

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Ideographic compound (会意字)

To strike 戈 someone on the nose 自

Components 一自戈

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
马戛尔尼使团	Mǎ jiá ěr ní shǐ tuán	the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793
马戛尔尼	Mǎ jiá ěr ní	Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793; Paul M…
戛然而止	jiá rán ér zhǐ	with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)
戛然	jiá rán	(literary) to stop abruptly (of a sound); to be loud and clear
戛纳	Gā nà	Cannes (France)
戛戛独造	jiá jiá dú zào	creative; original
戛戛	jiá jiá	difficult; challenging; original

These characters use 戛 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
戛 sound part	jiá	lance; to lightly tap or strike
嘎	gǎ	a cackling sound; bad, malevolent