㗎

㗎 U+35CE, 㗎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-35CE ← 㗍 [U+35CD] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A 㗏 → [U+35CF]

Translingual

Han character

㗎 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口大口木 (RKRD), composition ⿰口架)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 201, character 12
• Unihan data for U+35CE

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 口 (“mouth; vernacular”) + phonetic 架.

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		㗎
alternative forms		架 nonstandard o架 nonstandard 咖 𡃉

Contraction of 嘅 (ge3, “affirmative sentence-final particle”) + 啊 (aa3, “sentence-final particle softening a statement/question”) (Matthews and Yip, 2011).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jià (jia⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jià
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jià
    • Wade–Giles: chia⁴
    • Yale: jyà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiah
    • Palladius: цзя (czja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaa³
    • Yale: ga
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³³/

Definitions

㗎 (Cantonese)

1. Sentence-final particle that marks emphasis or surprise.

   咁衰㗎！ [Cantonese]  ―  gam³ seoi¹ gaa³! [Jyutping]  ―  That's awful!

2. Sentence-final particle used in a question seeking information or confirmation.

   係唔係真㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   系唔系真㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   hai⁶ m⁴ hai⁶ zan¹ gaa³? [Jyutping]

   Is that true?

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		㗎
alternative forms		架 nonstandard o架 nonstandard 嘎

Contraction of 嘅 (ge3, “affirmative sentence-final particle”) + 呀 (aa4, “sentence-final particle expressing disapproval, doubt or surprise”) (Matthews and Yip, 2011).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaa⁴
    • Yale: gàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː²¹/

Definitions

㗎 (Cantonese)

1. Sentence-final particle used in a question seeking confirmation.

   真係㗎？／真系㗎？ [Cantonese]  ―  zan¹ hai⁶ gaa⁴? [Jyutping]  ―  Really?

2. Sentence-final particle used in a rhetorical question.

   你當我傻㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你当我傻㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ dong¹ ngo⁵ so⁴ gaa⁴? [Jyutping]

   You think I am dumb?

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		㗎
alternative forms		架 nonstandard o架 nonstandard 𠿪

Contraction of 嘅 (ge3, “affirmative sentence-final particle”) + 吖 (aa1, “sentence-final particle in a lively sentence”) (Matthews and Yip, 2011).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaa²
    • Yale: gá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³⁵/

Definitions

㗎 (Cantonese)

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   冇理由佢會偷嘢㗎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   冇理由佢会偷嘢㗎。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   mou⁵ lei⁵ jau⁴ keoi⁵ wui⁵ tau¹ je⁵ gaa². [Jyutping]

   No way would he steal.

   你要邀請人先會有人嚟㗎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   你要邀请人先会有人嚟㗎。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ jiu³ jiu¹ cing² jan⁴ sin¹ wui⁵ jau⁵ jan⁴ lai⁴ gaa². [Jyutping]

   You have to invite people for people to come.

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		㗎
alternative forms		架 嘎 咖

There are two theories:

• From the common Japanese particle か (ka).
• From the second syllable of Japanese 馬鹿(ばか) (baka, “fool; idiot”), used by Japanese soldiers during the Sino–Japanese War.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaa⁴
    • Yale: gàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː²¹/

Definitions

㗎

1. (Cantonese, derogatory, ethnic slur, attributive) Japanese; Jap

Compounds

• 㗎仔
• 㗎佬
• 㗎妹
• 㗎文
• 㗎話 / 㗎话
• 㗎頭 / 㗎头

Korean

Hanja

㗎 (eumhun 음역자 가 (eumyeokja ga))

1. a transliteration sinogram