# 嘉

| 嘉 | U+5609, &#22025; 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 4046$_1$, composition ⿱壴加)

#### Derived characters

* 䕒, 𠏼, 𡣗, 𤀺, 𤐵, 𤪘

#### Descendants

* 𛀛

#### 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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).

### Etymology

Related to Burmese ကဲ (kai:, “to overdo, exceed”) (Hill, 2019).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jiā (jia$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): jiǎ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaa$^1$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): gaa$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ga$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kâ
    (Hailu, HRS): ga$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ga$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jia$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): gá
* Eastern Min (BUC): gă
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ga$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ka / kee
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gia$^1$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gaa$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ka; $^1$cia
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jia$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiā
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jia
*** Wade–Giles: chia$^1$
*** Yale: jyā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jia
*** Palladius: цзя (czja)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: jiǎ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕia²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaa$^1$
*** Yale: gā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ga$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaː⁵⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: gaa$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ka²¹³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ga$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ka³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: ga$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ga$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ga$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /ka⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ga$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ka⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jia$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕia¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gá
*** Sinological IPA : /ka⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gă
*** Sinological IPA : /ka⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ga$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ga
*** Sinological IPA : /ka⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka
*** Tâi-lô: ka
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kaf
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kee
*** Tâi-lô: kee
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gia$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kia
*** Sinological IPA : /kia³³/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: gaa$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ka⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$ka; $^1$cia
*** MiniDict: ka$^平$; cia$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$ka; $^1$jia
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ka⁵³/, /t͡ɕia⁵³/
* 1ka - vernacular;
* 1jia - literary.
* Middle Chinese: kae
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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ka/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiā |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaa$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤ<r>aj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kraːl/
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
* excellent; good
    嘉賓／嘉宾 ― jiābīn ― guest
* auspicious
* to praise, commend
    勇氣可嘉／勇气可嘉 ― yǒngqì kějiā ― commendable courage

### Compounds

* 南有嘉魚 / 南有嘉鱼
* 可嘉 (kějiā)
* 嘉偶天成
* 嘉勉 (jiāmiǎn)
* 嘉南大圳
* 嘉南平原
* 嘉名
* 嘉問 / 嘉问
* 嘉客
* 嘉寶 / 嘉宝 (Jiābǎo)
* 嘉尚
* 嘉峪關 / 嘉峪关 (Jiāyùguān)
* 嘉平
* 嘉年華會 / 嘉年华会
* 嘉惠
* 嘉慶 / 嘉庆 (Jiāqìng)
* 嘉戎 (Jiāróng)
* 嘉會 / 嘉会
* 嘉歲 / 嘉岁
* 嘉殽 / 嘉淆 (jiāyáo)
* 嘉澍
* 嘉獎 / 嘉奖 (jiājiǎng)
* 嘉玉
* 嘉石
* 嘉祐
* 嘉祐四友
* 嘉祐集
* 嘉禮 / 嘉礼 (jiālǐ)
* 嘉禾 (jiāhé)
* 嘉穀 / 嘉谷
* 嘉義 / 嘉义 (Jiāyì)
* 嘉耦
* 嘉肴 (jiāyáo)
* 嘉興 / 嘉兴 (Jiāxīng)
* 嘉蔬
* 嘉言 (jiāyán)
* 嘉言善行
* 嘉言懿行
* 嘉許 / 嘉许 (jiāxǔ)
* 嘉話 / 嘉话
* 嘉謨 / 嘉谟
* 嘉貺 / 嘉贶
* 嘉賓 / 嘉宾 (jiābīn)
* 嘉釀 / 嘉酿
* 嘉陵江 (Jiālíng Jiāng)
* 嘉靖 (Jiājìng)
* 嘉魚 / 嘉鱼 (Jiāyú)
* 嘉麗妹妹 / 嘉丽妹妹
* 孔嘉
* 孝行可嘉
* 孟嘉落帽
* 強飯為嘉 / 强饭为嘉
* 忠言嘉謨 / 忠言嘉谟
* 旨酒嘉肴
* 柔嘉
* 永嘉 (Yǒngjiā)
* 永嘉之亂 / 永嘉之乱 (Yǒngjiā Zhī Luàn)
* 百嘉
* 盈車嘉穗 / 盈车嘉穗
* 科西嘉 (Kēxījiā)
* 精神可嘉
* 落帽孟嘉
* 讜言嘉論 / 谠言嘉论
* 阿斯嘉特 (Āsījiātè)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* praise
* auspicious

#### Readings

* Go-on: け (ke)
* Kan-on: か (ka)
* Kun: よみする (yomisuru, 嘉する)、よい (yoi, 嘉い)
* Nanori: ひろ (hiro)、よし (yoshi)、よしみ (yoshimi)、かず (kazu)、よ (yo)

## Korean
### Hanja

嘉 (eumhun 아름다울 가 (areumdaul ga))
* beautiful
* happy, joyous

## Vietnamese
### Han character

嘉: Hán Việt readings: gia
嘉: Nôm readings: gia
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