嘎

See also: 尜

嘎	U+560E, 嘎 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 6105₃, 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

Characters in the same phonetic series (戛) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
戛	*kriːɡ
嘎	*kriːɡ

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

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		嘎

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gā (ga¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa¹ / gat¹ / gaat³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gā
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ga
  - Wade–Giles: ka¹
  - Yale: gā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ga
  - Palladius: га (ga)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaa¹ / gat¹ / gaat³
  - Yale: gā / gāt / gaat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ / gat⁷ / gaat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ / ged¹ / gad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /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	gaat³

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

simp. and trad.		嘎

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gá (ga²)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gá
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gá
  - Wade–Giles: ka²
  - Yale: gá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gar
  - Palladius: га (ga)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä³⁵/

Definitions

嘎

only used in 嘎調／嘎调

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		嘎

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gá (ga²)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa⁴ / gaat³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gá
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gá
  - Wade–Giles: ka²
  - Yale: gá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gar
  - Palladius: га (ga)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaa⁴ / gaat³
  - Yale: gàh / gaat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa⁴ / gaat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga⁴ / gad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /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

simp. and trad.		嘎
alternative forms		玍戛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): gǎ (ga³)

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˇ

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): gà
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa² / gaat³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǎ
  - Wade–Giles: ka³
  - Yale: gǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaa
  - Palladius: га (ga)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kä²¹⁴/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: gà
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaa² / gaat³
  - Yale: gá / gaat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa² / gaat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga² / gad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³⁵/, /kaːt̚³/