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嘉

excellent; auspicious; to praise; to commend

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How 嘉 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

壴 (semantic, “drum”) + 加 (phonetic, jiā)

components: 壴 加

How to remember it

commend · Heisig RSH #2483

drum + 加 add

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 加

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 加 (jiā) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
加 sound component jiā to add to, to increase, to augment
架 jià frame, rack, stand; to prop up
驾 jià to drive, to ride, to sail; carriage, cart
咖 kā coffee; used in transliterations
伽 jiā temple; used to transliterations
茄 qié eggplant
迦 jiā used in transliterations
痂 jiā scab
枷 jiā the stocks, a cangue scaffold
瘸 qué lameness; paralysis of the hands or legs
跏 jiā to squat, to sit cross-legged
袈 jiā Buddhist cassock
笳 jiā reed whistle

Words containing 嘉

WordPinyinMeaning
科西嘉岛 Kē xī jiā Dǎo Corsica (Island located west of Italy and southeast of France)
嘉义县 Jiā yì Xiàn Jiayi or Chiayi County in west Taiwan
嘉义市 Jiā yì shì Chiayi city in central Taiwan
嘉定区 Jiā dìng qū Jiading district of northwest Shanghai
嘉鱼县 Jiā yú Xiàn Jiayu, a county in Xianning City 咸寧市|咸宁市[Xian2 ning2 Shi4], Hubei
王嘉尔 Wáng Jiā ěr Jackson Wang (1994–), Hong Kong singer, rapper and dancer, member of GOT7 and founder of T…
嘉年华 jiā nián huá (loanword) carnival
嘉兴市 Jiā xīng Shì Jiaxing, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3]
嘉士伯 Jiā shì bó Carlsberg
嘉善县 Jiā shàn Xiàn Jiashan, a county in Jiaxing City 嘉興市|嘉兴市[Jia1 xing1 Shi4], Zhejiang
嘉会 jiā huì auspicious occasion; grand feast
永嘉县 Yǒng jiā Xiàn Yongjia, a county in Wenzhou City 溫州市|温州市[Wen1 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang
嘉宝果 jiā bǎo guǒ jaboticaba; Brazilian grape tree
罗嘉良 Luó Jiā liáng Gallen Lo (1962-), Hong Kong actor and singer
嘉义 Jiā yì Chiayi, a city and county in west Taiwan
嘉定 Jiā dìng Jiading district of northwest Shanghai; final reign name 1208-1224 of South Song emperor N…
可嘉 kě jiā laudable
嘉尔曼 Jiā ěr màn Carmen (name)
嘉鱼 Jiā yú see 嘉魚縣|嘉鱼县[Jia1 yu2 Xian4]
李宝嘉 Lǐ Bǎo jiā Li Boyuan 李伯元 or Li Baojia (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer…