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

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• 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–Macau)
    • Jyutping: gaa¹ / gat¹ / gaat³
    • Yale: gā / gāt / gaat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa¹ / gat⁷ / gaat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga¹ / ged¹ / gad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː⁵⁵/, /kɐt̚⁵/, /kaːt̚³/

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• 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

1. (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

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• 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

1. only used in 嘎調／嘎调

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		嘎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gá (ga²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa⁴ / gaat³

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• 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–Macau)
    • Jyutping: gaa⁴ / gaat³
    • Yale: gàh / gaat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa⁴ / gaat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga⁴ / gad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː²¹/, /kaːt̚³/

Definitions

嘎

1. 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

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• 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–Macau)
    • Jyutping: gaa² / gaat³
    • Yale: gá / gaat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa² / gaat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga² / gad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³⁵/, /kaːt̚³/

Definitions

嘎

1. (Beijing, Northeastern, Jilu, Jiaoliao and Central Plains Mandarin, dialectal Jin) ill-tempered
2. (Beijing, Northeastern, Jilu and Central Plains Mandarin) naughty

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.		嘎
alternative forms		戛 朒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ga³

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• Mandarin
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ga³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gaa
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka⁵³/

Definitions

嘎

1. (Sichuanese) meat

Compounds

• 嘎嘎

Etymology 6

simp. and trad.		嘎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gā, gá (ga¹, ga²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚ, ㄍㄚˊ

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• 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/
      
  • (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

1. (Mainland China, Internet slang) to kill someone
2. (Mainland China, Internet slang) to die

Japanese

Kanji

嘎

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. sound of laughter
2. bad
3. 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