# 嘎

| 嘎 | U+560E, &#22030; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-560E |
| ← 嘍 [U+560D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 嘏 → [U+560F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

嘎 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口一山戈 (RMUI), four-corner 6105$_3$, composition ⿰口戛)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 205, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4184
* Dae Jaweon: page 428, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 675, character 6
* Unihan data for U+560E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 戛 | *kriːɡ |
| 嘎 | *kriːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kriːɡ): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 戛 (OC *kriːɡ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gā (ga$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa$^1$ / gat$^1$ / gaat$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gā
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ga
*** Wade–Giles: ka$^1$
*** Yale: gā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ga
*** Palladius: га (ga)
*** Sinological IPA : /kä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaa$^1$ / gat$^1$ / gaat$^3$
*** Yale: gā / gāt / gaat
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaa$^1$ / gat$^7$ / gaat$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ga$^1$ / ged$^1$ / gad$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaː⁵⁵/, /kɐt̚⁵/, /kaːt̚³/
* Middle Chinese: keat
Rime :
| Character | 嘎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 鎋 (75) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古黠切 |
| Baxter | keat |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠɛt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚæt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kæt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kəɨt̚/ |
| Li Rong | /kɛt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /kæt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kat̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jia |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaat$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kriːɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 嘎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5926 |
| Phonetic component | 戛 |
| Rime group | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 戛 |
| Old Chinese | /*kriːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

嘎
* (onomatopoeic) A short but loud sound: crack; creak; screech

#### Compounds

* 八嘎 (bāga)
* 嘎叭 (gába)
* 嘎吱
* 嘎啦
* 嘎嘎 (gāgā)
* 嘎嘎渣渣
* 嘎巴
* 嘎巴兒 / 嘎巴儿
* 嘎巴流星
* 嘎渣兒 / 嘎渣儿
* 嘰嘰嘎嘎 / 叽叽嘎嘎

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gá (ga$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gá
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gá
*** Wade–Giles: ka$^2$
*** Yale: gá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gar
*** Palladius: га (ga)
*** Sinological IPA : /kä³⁵/

#### Definitions

嘎
* Only used in 嘎調／嘎调.

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gá (ga$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa$^4$ / gaat$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gá
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gá
*** Wade–Giles: ka$^2$
*** Yale: gá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gar
*** Palladius: га (ga)
*** Sinological IPA : /kä³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaa$^4$ / gaat$^3$
*** Yale: gàh / gaat
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaa$^4$ / gaat$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ga$^4$ / gad$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaː²¹/, /kaːt̚³/

#### Definitions

嘎
* Alternative form of 尜 (gá)

#### Compounds

* 嘎兒 / 嘎儿
* 嘎嘎 (gága)
* 嘎嘎兒 / 嘎嘎儿
* 嘎嘎兒天 / 嘎嘎儿天
* 嘎嘎棗兒 / 嘎嘎枣儿

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): gǎ (ga$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˇ
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): gà
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa$^2$ / gaat$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǎ
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǎ
*** Wade–Giles: ka$^3$
*** Yale: gǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaa
*** Palladius: га (ga)
*** Sinological IPA : /kä²¹⁴/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: gà
*** Sinological IPA : /ka⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaa$^2$ / gaat$^3$
*** Yale: gá / gaat
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaa$^2$ / gaat$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ga$^2$ / gad$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaː³⁵/, /kaːt̚³/

#### Definitions

嘎
* (Beijing, Northeastern, Jilu, Jiaoliao and Central Plains Mandarin, dialectal Jin) ill-tempered
* (Beijing, Northeastern, Jilu and Central Plains Mandarin) naughty

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ga$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ga$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gaa
*** Sinological IPA : /ka⁵³/

#### Definitions

嘎
* (Sichuanese) meat

#### Compounds

* 嘎嘎

### Etymology 6
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gā, gá (ga$^1$, ga$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚ, ㄍㄚˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gā
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ga
*** Wade–Giles: ka$^1$
*** Yale: gā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ga
*** Palladius: га (ga)
*** Sinological IPA : /kä⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gá
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gá
*** Wade–Giles: ka$^2$
*** Yale: gá
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gar
*** Palladius: га (ga)
*** Sinological IPA : /kä³⁵/

#### Definitions

嘎
* (Mainland China, Internet slang) to kill someone
* (Mainland China, Internet slang) to die

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* sound of laughter
* bad
* malevolent

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): かつ (katsu)、けち (kechi)

## Korean
### Hanja

嘎 • (al) (hangeul 알, revised al, McCune–Reischauer al)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

嘎: Hán Nôm readings: ca
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#### References

* Nom Foundation