嘉
excellent; auspicious; to praise; to commend
14 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,261 U+5609
How 嘉 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
壴 (semantic, “drum”) + 加 (phonetic, jiā)
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:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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… |