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迦

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(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)

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Strokes
8
Radical
辵 +5
Structure
Lower-left enclosure 左下包
Traditional
迦
Common rank
#2,247
Unicode
U+8FE6

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Formation & memory

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How 迦 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

辶 meaning “walk” + 加 sound ( jiā )

Components 辶 加

Words with 迦

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WordPinyinMeaning
撒迦利亚书 Sā jiā lì yà shū Book of Zechariah
南迦巴瓦峰 Nán jiā Bā wǎ Fēng Namcha Barwa (7,782 m), Himalayan mountain
帖撒罗尼迦后书 Tiě sā luó ní jiā Hòu shū Second Epistle of St Paul to the Thessalonians
帖撒罗尼迦前书 Tiě sā luó ní jiā qián shū First epistle of St Paul to the Thessalonians
撒迦利亚 Sā jiā lì yà Zechariah (name); Zechariah (Old Testament prophet)
迦太基 Jiā tài jī Carthage
萨迦县 Sà jiā Xiàn Sa'gya, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet
帖撒罗尼迦 Tiě sā luó ní jiā Thessalonica
迦叶佛 jiā yè fó Buddha Kassapa (Pāli) or Kāśyapa (Skt) (one of the Buddhas of the past)
迦南 Jiā nán Canaan (in Biblical Palestine)
迦纳 Jiā nà Ghana (Tw)
萨迦 Sà jiā Sa'gya town and county, Tibetan: Sa skya, in Shigatse prefecture, central Tibet; saga (i.e…
庵摩落迦果 ān mó luò jiā guǒ see 餘甘子|余甘子[yu2 gan1 zi3]
释迦佛 shì jiā fó Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya); Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the histo…
弥迦书 Mí jiā shū Book of Micah
释迦牟尼佛 Shì jiā móu ní fó Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya); Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the histo…
康乾宗迦峰 Kāng qián zōng jiā fēng Kachenjunga (Himalayan peak)
凤梨释迦 fèng lí shì jiā atemoya, hybrid of the cherimoya (Annona cherimola) and the sugar apple (Annona squamosa):…
迦持 jiā chí the laws of the Buddhism
释迦牟尼 Shì jiā móu ní Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)

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
伽 jiā temple; used to transliterations
茄 qié eggplant
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