# 歌

| 歌 | U+6B4C, &#27468; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B4C |
| ← 歋 [U+6B4B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 歍 → [U+6B4D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

歌 (Kangxi radical 76, 欠+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一口弓人 (MRNO) or 難一口弓人 (XMRNO), four-corner 1768$_2$, composition ⿰哥欠)

#### Derived characters

* 𫉸

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 571, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16167
* Dae Jaweon: page 959, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2147, character 12
* Unihan data for U+6B4C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 歌 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 砢 | *ɡ·raːlʔ |
| 柯 | *kaːl |
| 菏 | *kaːl, *ɡaːl |
| 牁 | *kaːl |
| 滒 | *kaːl |
| 哥 | *kaːl |
| 歌 | *kaːl |
| 謌 | *kaːl |
| 鴚 | *kaːl |
| 哿 | *kaːlʔ |
| 舸 | *kaːlʔ |
| 笴 | *kaːlʔ, *kaːnʔ |
| 軻 | *kʰaːl, *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls |
| 珂 | *kʰaːl |
| 可 | *kʰaːlʔ |
| 岢 | *kʰaːlʔ |
| 坷 | *kʰaːlʔ, *kʰaːls |
| 蚵 | *kʰaːls, *ɡaːl |
| 呵 | *qʰaːl, *qʰaːls |
| 訶 | *qʰaːl |
| 抲 | *qʰaːl |
| 荷 | *qʰaːls, *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ |
| 何 | *ɡaːl, *ɡaːlʔ |
| 河 | *ɡaːl |
| 苛 | *ɡaːl |
| 魺 | *ɡaːl |
| 袔 | *ɡaːls |
| 阿 | *qaːl |
| 妸 | *qaːl, *qaːlʔ |
| 疴 | *qaːl, *kʰraːls |
| 鈳 | *qaːl |
| 娿 | *qaːl, *qaːlʔ |
| 痾 | *qaːl |
| 跒 | *kʰraːlʔ |
| 閜 | *qʰraːlʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kaːl): phonetic 哥 (OC *kaːl) + semantic 欠 (“blow”). Specialized form of 哥 (OC *kaːl, “to sing”).

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gaːr ~ *ga (“to dance; to sing; to leap; to stride”). Cognate with Burmese က (ka., “to dance”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): gē (ge$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄍㄜ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): go$^1$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гә (gə, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): go$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): go$^4$ / go$^{4*}$ / go$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): go$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kô
    (Hailu, HRS): go$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): go$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ge$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): gó̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): gŏ̤
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gor$^1$ / go$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): koa / ko / ko͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gua$^1$ / go$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ku
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): go$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gē
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ge
*** Wade–Giles: ko$^1$
*** Yale: gē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ge
*** Palladius: гэ (gɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (歌兒 / 歌儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gēr
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄜㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ger
*** Wade–Giles: ko$^1$-ʼrh
*** Yale: gēr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ge'l
*** Palladius: гэр (gɛr)
*** Sinological IPA : /kɤɻ⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$哥兒 / 哥儿 歌兒 / 歌儿
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: go$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: go
*** Sinological IPA : /ko⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гә (gə, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /kə²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: go$^1$
*** Yale: gō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: go$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: go$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɔː⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: go$^4$ / go$^{4*}$ / go$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kᵘɔ²¹/, /kᵘɔ²¹⁻²¹⁵/, /kᵘɔ³³/
* go4* - standalone or as the head of a compound;
* go1 - variant for verb.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit歌 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /kɤ⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /kɤ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /kɤ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /kə²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /kə²¹³/ 新 /kuə²¹³/ 老 |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /kɤ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /kɤ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /kɔ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /kə⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /kə³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /kɤ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /kuo⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ko⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ko⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ko⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ko³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /kʊ²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /kɤ¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /kɔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /kɤ³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ku⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /kəu⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ko³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ku³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ko³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ko¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ko³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ko³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ko⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ko⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ko²⁴/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kɔ⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /kɔ⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /kɔ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /ko⁵⁵/ /kua⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /ko⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /kɔ⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /ko³³/ /kua³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ko²³/ /kua²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: ka
Rime :
| Character | 歌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 古俄切 |
| Baxter | ka |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kɑ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kɑ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɑ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ka/ |
| Li Rong | /kɑ/ |
| Wang Li | /kɑ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kɑ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | gē |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | go$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤaj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kaːl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 歌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | gē |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ka › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ˁaj/ |
| English | sing, song |
| 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 | 歌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7438 |
| Phonetic component | 可 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 歌 |
| Old Chinese | /*kaːl/ |

### Definitions

歌
* to sing; to chant
    高歌 ― gāogē ― to sing loudly
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Xīn zhī yōu yǐ, wǒ gē qiě yáo. [Pinyin]
    My heart is grieved, and I chant and sing.
    From: 752, Li Bai, 《將進酒》
    Yǔ jūn gē yī qū, qǐng jūn wèi wǒ cè'ěr tīng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: 2022, 馮允謙 [Jay Fung], lyrics by 黃偉文 [Wyman Wong], 給缺席的人唱首歌 [Song for the Absentees]
    ming$^4$ ming$^4$ mei$^6$ zoi$^6$ zo$^6$, dou$^1$ kap$^1$ kyut$^3$ zik$^6$ dik$^1$ ze$^3$ go$^3$ nei$^5$ jiu$^4$ jyun$^5$ dei$^6$ go$^1$ [Jyutping]
    Clearly not present, but [I] still sing for you, this absentee, from a distance
* song; tune (Classifier: 首 m c mn; 支 m c; 闋／阕 m; 隻／只 c w; 條／条 h mn mn-t; 塊／块 mn)
    歌曲 ― gēqǔ ― song
    民歌 ― míngē ― folk song
    From: Chiok Sèng-tàn Ke̍k 祝聖誕劇, part 1, in 台語文數位典藏資料庫 [Digital Archive Database for Written Taiwanese]
    Pái: Chit tiâu koa chin ū ì-sù. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    Cripple: This song is really interesting.
* to praise
    From: 2015, 陳明恩 [Corinna Chamberlain], lyrics by 西伯, 誰被祢揀選
    kau$^4$ nang$^4$ joeng$^6$ ngo$^5$ go$^1$... jat$^1$ sang$^1$ jat$^1$ sai$^3$ mei$^6$ gau$^3$! [Jyutping]
    I ask that You may allow me to praise You... my whole life would not be enough!

#### Synonyms

* (song):
* 唱 (chàng)
* 曲 (qǔ)
* 歌子 (gēzi) (colloquial)
* 歌曲 (gēqǔ)

### Compounds

* 且歌且舞 (qiěgēqiěwǔ)
* 主打歌 (zhǔdǎgē)
* 主歌 (zhǔgē)
* 九歌
* 五子之歌
* 但歌
* 伯歌季舞
* 俚歌
* 倚歌
* 兒歌 / 儿歌 (érgē)
* 凱歌 / 凯歌 (kǎigē)
* 前歌後舞 / 前歌后舞
* 副歌 (fùgē)
* 北歌
* 口水歌 (kǒushuǐgē)
* 可歌可泣 (kěgēkěqì)
* 和歌 (hégē)
* 哀歌 (āigē)
* 咳歌打戰 / 咳歌打战
* 唱歌 (chànggē)
* 商歌
* 喜歌劇 / 喜歌剧 (xǐgējù)
* 嘯歌 / 啸歌
* 嘲歌
* 四面楚歌 (sìmiànchǔgē)
* 國歌 / 国歌 (guógē)
* 國際歌 / 国际歌 (Guójìgē)
* 垓下歌
* 大唐之歌
* 大歌劇 / 大歌剧
* 大風歌 / 大风歌
* 太平歌詞 / 太平歌词
* 夷歌
* 好了歌
* 妙舞清歌
* 子夜歌
* 宴歌
* 對歌 / 对歌 (duìgē)
* 對酒當歌 / 对酒当歌
* 小歌劇 / 小歌剧
* 屠牛朝歌
* 山歌 (shāngē)
* 州歌
* 巷歌
* 帳中歌 / 帐中歌
* 引吭高歌
* 弦歌 (xiángē)
* 弦歌不輟 / 弦歌不辍
* 徒歌
* 念歌 (niàngē)
* 情歌 (qínggē)
* 悼歌 (dàogē)
* 悲歌 (bēigē)
* 悲歌慷慨
* 愷歌 / 恺歌 (kǎigē)
* 慷慨悲歌
* 戀歌 / 恋歌 (liàngē)
* 戰歌 / 战歌 (zhàngē)
* 戹屯歌
* 扊扅歌
* 手語歌 / 手语歌
* 打呆歌
* 打孩歌
* 打歌
* 打頦歌 / 打颏歌
* 抗戰歌曲 / 抗战歌曲
* 捉搦歌
* 挽歌 (wǎngē)
* 挽歌郎
* 採茶歌 / 采茶歌
* 接輿歌鳳 / 接舆歌凤
* 搖囝仔歌 / 摇囝仔歌
* 搖籃歌 / 摇篮歌
* 擊壤歌 / 击壤歌
* 放歌
* 敕勒歌
* 易水歌
* 晨歌 (chéngē)
* 朝歌 (Zhāogē)
* 朝歌夜絃 / 朝歌夜弦
* 朝歌暮樂 / 朝歌暮乐
* 朝歌暮絃 / 朝歌暮弦
* 朝歌鼓刀
* 村歌
* 校園民歌 / 校园民歌
* 校歌 (xiàogē)
* 桃葉歌 / 桃叶歌
* 棹歌
* 楚歌
* 榜歌
* 樂歌 / 乐歌 (yuègē)
* 樵歌
* 櫂歌 / 棹歌
* 歌五褲 / 歌五裤
* 歌仔戲 / 歌仔戏 (gēzǎixì)
* 歌伎 (gējì)
* 歌劇 / 歌剧 (gējù)
* 歌劇院 / 歌剧院 (gējùyuàn)
* 歌功頌德 / 歌功颂德 (gēgōngsòngdé)
* 歌友會 / 歌友会
* 歌吹
* 歌吟
* 歌唱 (gēchàng)
* 歌喉 (gēhóu)
* 歌壇 / 歌坛 (gētán)
* 歌女 (gēnǚ)
* 歌妓 (gējì)
* 歌姬 (gējī)
* 歌廳 / 歌厅 (gētīng)
* 歌德 (Gēdé)
* 歌扇
* 歌手 (gēshǒu)
* 歌星 (gēxīng)
* 歌曲 (gēqǔ)
* 歌板
* 歌樂 / 歌乐 (gēyuè)
* 歌樓舞館 / 歌楼舞馆
* 歌筵
* 歌聲 / 歌声 (gēshēng)
* 歌聲繞梁 / 歌声绕梁
* 歌臺舞榭 / 歌台舞榭 (gētáiwǔxiè)
* 歌舞 (gēwǔ)
* 歌舞伎 (gēwǔjì)
* 歌舞作樂 / 歌舞作乐
* 歌舞劇 / 歌舞剧 (gēwǔjù)
* 歌舞團 / 歌舞团
* 歌舞場 / 歌舞场
* 歌舞昇平 / 歌舞升平 (gēwǔshēngpíng)
* 歌舞片
* 歌行
* 歌訣 / 歌诀
* 歌詠 / 歌咏 (gēyǒng)
* 歌詞 / 歌词 (gēcí)
* 歌詩 / 歌诗 (gēshī)
* 歌誦 / 歌诵
* 歌調 / 歌调
* 歌謠 / 歌谣 (gēyáo)
* 歌譜 / 歌谱 (gēpǔ)
* 歌迷 (gēmí)
* 歌郎
* 歌鐘 / 歌钟
* 歌集
* 歌音
* 歌頌 / 歌颂 (gēsòng)
* 歌頭 / 歌头
* 歌風臺 / 歌风台
* 歌鶯舞燕 / 歌莺舞燕
* 正歌 (zhènggē)
* 武城弦歌
* 民歌 (míngē)
* 民歌五褲 / 民歌五裤
* 民謠歌手 / 民谣歌手
* 民謠歌曲 / 民谣歌曲
* 民間歌舞 / 民间歌舞
* 流行歌曲 (liúxíng gēqǔ)
* 浩歌
* 清歌
* 清歌妙舞
* 漁歌 / 渔歌
* 燕歌行
* 燒餅歌 / 烧饼歌
* 牛角之歌
* 牧歌 (mùgē)
* 牽亡歌 / 牵亡歌
* 狂歌
* 獨弦哀歌 / 独弦哀歌
* 玉帛笙歌
* 琴歌
* 畢業歌 / 毕业歌
* 白紵歌 / 白纻歌
* 白雪歌
* 相和歌
* 秧歌 (yānggē)
* 秧歌劇 / 秧歌剧
* 童歌 (tónggē)
* 竹板歌
* 笙歌 (shēnggē)
* 笙歌匝地
* 笙歌鼎沸
* 組歌 / 组歌 (zǔgē)
* 絃歌 / 弦歌 (xiángē)
* 羅蘭之歌 / 罗兰之歌
* 老歌 (lǎogē)
* 聖歌 / 圣歌 (shènggē)
* 聾者之歌 / 聋者之歌
* 胡歌野調 / 胡歌野调
* 能歌擅舞
* 舞榭歌樓 / 舞榭歌楼
* 舞榭歌臺 / 舞榭歌台 (wǔxiègētái)
* 舞燕歌鶯 / 舞燕歌莺
* 舞衫歌扇
* 舞鸞歌鳳 / 舞鸾歌凤
* 船歌 (chuángē)
* 菱歌
* 藏歌 (zànggē)
* 藏矇歌兒 / 藏蒙歌儿
* 藝術歌曲 / 艺术歌曲
* 虞歌決別 / 虞歌决别
* 行歌
* 褒歌
* 襦褲歌 / 襦裤歌
* 西陵歌舞
* 詩歌 / 诗歌 (shīgē)
* 詩詞歌賦 / 诗词歌赋 (shīcígēfù)
* 謳歌 / 讴歌 (ōugē)
* 讚美歌 / 赞美歌 (zànměigē)
* 豔歌 / 艳歌 (yàngē)
* 踏歌 (tàgē)
* 蹈歌
* 軍歌 / 军歌 (jūngē)
* 載歌且舞 / 载歌且舞
* 載歌載舞 / 载歌载舞 (zàigēzàiwǔ)
* 輓歌 / 挽歌 (wǎngē)
* 輕歌劇 / 轻歌剧 (qīnggējù)
* 輕歌慢舞 / 轻歌慢舞
* 輕歌曼舞 / 轻歌曼舞 (qīnggēmànwǔ)
* 農歌 / 农歌
* 郊廟歌辭 / 郊庙歌辞
* 鄉歌 / 乡歌
* 酣歌
* 酣歌恆舞 / 酣歌恒舞
* 醉舞狂歌
* 錦歌 / 锦歌 (jǐngē)
* 鐃歌 / 铙歌
* 長恨歌 / 长恨歌
* 長歌 / 长歌 (chánggē)
* 長歌當哭 / 长歌当哭 (chánggēdàngkū)
* 雅歌 (yǎgē)
* 霸王悲歌
* 靈歌 / 灵歌
* 頌歌 / 颂歌 (sònggē)
* 飛歌 / 飞歌
* 饒舌歌曲 / 饶舌歌曲
* 驪歌 / 骊歌 (lígē)
* 高歌 (gāogē)
* 高歌猛進 / 高歌猛进 (gāogēměngjìn)
* 鬻歌
* 鶯歌 / 莺歌 (yīnggē)
* 鶯歌燕舞 / 莺歌燕舞 (yīnggēyànwǔ)
* 麥秀歌 / 麦秀歌
* 黑人靈歌 / 黑人灵歌
* 點歌 / 点歌 (diǎngē)
* 鼓盆歌
* 鼓盆而歌
* 龍歌節 / 龙歌节
* 龍舟歌 / 龙舟歌

### References

* “歌”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “歌”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 126.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: か (ka, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: か (ka, Jōyō)
* Kun: うたう (utau, 歌う, Jōyō)、うた (uta, 歌, Jōyō)

#### Compounds

* 雅歌(がか) (gaka, “elegant song”)
* 雅歌(がか) (Gaka, “Song of Songs”)
* 歌曲(かきょく) (kakyoku)
* 歌劇(かげき) (kageki)
* 歌詞(かし) (kashi)
* 歌手(かしゅ) (kashu)
* 歌集(かしゅう) (kashū)
* 歌唱(かしょう) (kashō)
* 歌舞伎(かぶき) (kabuki): kabuki
* 歌謡(かよう) (kayō)
* 歌会(うたかい) (utakai)
* 歌枕(うたまくら) (utamakura)
* 詩歌(しいか) (shīka)
* 賛歌(さんか) (sanka)
* 讃歌(さんか) (sanka)
* 賛美歌(さんびか) (sanbika)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 歌
* うた Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 唄 詩 謳
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *ota.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) うた [ùtáꜜ] (Odaka –)
* IPA: [ɯ̟ta̠]

#### Noun

歌(うた) • (uta)
* (music) a song
    氷(こおり)と炎(ほのお)の歌(うた)
       Kōri to Honō no Uta
       A Song of Ice and Fire
* (poetry) poetry

##### Usage notes

* Despite 歌, 唄, and 詩 having the same kun-yomi reading of uta: 詩 refers to modern poetry, 歌 to songs and classical Japanese poetry (such as tanka), and 唄 is primarily used in shamisen songs.

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 歌
* か Grade: 2
* on'yomi

#### Affix

歌(か) • (ka)
* a song; to sing
* Japanese poetry; waka

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō

## Korean
### Hanja

歌 (eumhun 노래 가 (norae ga))
* hanja form of 가 (“to sing, song”)

#### Compounds

* 가창 (歌唱, gachang)
* 가수 (歌手, gasu)
* 가사 (歌詞, gasa)
* 가성 (歌聲, gaseong)
* 가요 (歌謠, gayo)
* 가악 (歌樂, gaak)
* 가천 (歌天, gacheon)
* 가취 (歌吹, gachwi)
* 가패 (歌唄, gapae)
* 가희 (歌姬, gahui)
* 가인 (歌人, gain)
* 가비 (歌婢, gabi)
* 가단 (歌壇, gadan)
* 가극 (歌劇, gageuk)
* 가객 (歌客, gagaek)
* 가격 (歌格, gagyeok)
* 가경 (歌磬, gagyeong)
* 가곡 (歌曲, gagok)
* 가벽 (歌癖, gabyeok)
* 가의 (歌意, gaui)
* 가재 (歌才, gajae)
* 가관 (歌管, gagwan)
* 가무 (歌舞, gamu)

## Kunigami
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)
* Kun: ふた゚ー (futā, 歌)

### Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *Uta, from Proto-Japonic *Uta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɸutaː/

### Noun

歌(ふた゚ー) (futā)
* song

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: うた (uta, 歌, Jōyō)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 歌
* うた Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
From Proto-Ryukyuan *Uta, from Proto-Japonic *Uta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔuta/

### Noun

歌(うた) (uta)
* song

## Tày
### Verb

歌 (cà)
* Nôm form of cà (“to choke; to be clogged”).
    𨑮汨娘盆柳峒歌Mởi thâng nàng Bồn Liễu tổng Gà(please add an English translation of this usage example)

### References

* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

## Vietnamese
### Han character

歌: Hán Nôm readings: ca, cà, cao
* chữ Hán form of ca (“to sing”).

## Yaeyama
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)
* Kun: うた (uta, 歌, Jōyō)

### Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *Uta, from Proto-Japonic *Uta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔuta/

### Noun

歌(うた) (uta)
* song

## Yonaguni
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: うた (uta, 歌, Jōyō)

### Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *Uta, from Proto-Japonic *Uta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uta/

### Noun

歌(うた) (uta)
* song