嘉

嘉 U+5609, 嘉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5609
← 嘈
[U+5608] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 嘊 →
[U+560A]

Translingual

Han character

嘉 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土口廿口 (GRTR) or 難土口廿口 (XGRTR), four-corner 40461, composition ⿱壴加)

Derived characters
  • 䕒, 𠏼, 𡣗, 𤀺, 𤐵, 𤪘

Descendants

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 205, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4176
  • Dae Jaweon: page 427, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 672, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+5609

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 嘉

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (加) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
妿 *kaːl, *qaːl
賀 *ɡaːls
迦 *ka, *kal, *kraːl
茄 *ɡa, *ɡal, *kraːl
伽 *ɡa, *ɡal
枷 *ɡa, *ɡal, *kraːl
嘉 *kraːl
加 *kraːl
笳 *kraːl
痂 *kraːl
袈 *kraːl
跏 *kraːl
珈 *kraːl
鴐 *kraːl
架 *kraːls
駕 *kraːls
瘸 *ɡʷal

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraːl) : semantic 壴 + phonetic 加 (OC *kraːl).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • 1ka - vernacular;
  • 1jia - literary.
Rime
Character 嘉
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古牙切
Baxter kae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠa/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ka/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kaɨ/
Li
Rong		 /ka/
Wang
Li		 /ka/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ka/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 gaa1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 嘉
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jiā
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kæ ›
Old
Chinese		 /*kˁ<r>aj/
English excellent

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 嘉
Reading # 1/1
No. 5872
Phonetic
component		 加
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 嘉
Old
Chinese		 /*kraːl/

Definitions

嘉

  1. excellent; good
    嘉賓／嘉宾  ―  jiābīn  ―  guest
  2. auspicious
  3. to praise, commend
    勇氣可嘉／勇气可嘉  ―  yǒngqì kějiā  ―  commendable courage

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji
嘉

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. praise
  2. auspicious

Readings
  • Go-on: け (ke)
  • Kan-on: か (ka)
  • Kun: よみする (yomisuru, 嘉する); よい (yoi, 嘉い)

Korean

Hanja

嘉 (eum 가 (ga))

  1. beautiful
  2. happy, joyous

Vietnamese

Han character

嘉: Hán Nôm readings: gia

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