戛

lance; to tap; to scrape; to chirp; custom

11 strokes Dict coverage rank #3,318 U+621B

Ideographic compound (会意字)

To strike 戈 someone on the nose 自

components: 一自戈

Characters built with 戛 as their sound component

These characters all use 戛 (jiá) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
戛 sound component	jiá	lance; to lightly tap or strike
嘎	gǎ	a cackling sound; bad, malevolent

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
马戛尔尼使团	Mǎ jiá ěr ní shǐ tuán	the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793
马戛尔尼	Mǎ jiá ěr ní	Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793; Paul M…
戛然而止	jiá rán ér zhǐ	with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)
戛然	jiá rán	(literary) to stop abruptly (of a sound); to be loud and clear
戛纳	Gā nà	Cannes (France)
戛戛独造	jiá jiá dú zào	creative; original
戛戛	jiá jiá	difficult; challenging; original