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嘎

gā

a cackling sound; bad, malevolent

🔤 Pictophonetic: 口 (mouth) provides meaning, 戛 provides pronunciation

HSK 14 strokes Common (29%)

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Component Breakdown

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口

kǒu

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

戛

jiá

lance; to lightly tap or strike

⿰口戛 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

jiá

戛

lance; to lightly tap or strike

💡 Ideographic: To strike 戈 someone on the nose 自

11 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

zì

自

self; private, personal; from

📷 Pictographic: A nose; in China, people refer to themselves by pointing to their noses

6 strokes HSK 3

mù

目

eye; to look, to see; division, topic

📷 Pictographic: An eye drawn on its side

5 strokes HSK 3

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

1 strokes

gē

戈

spear, lance, halberd

📷 Pictographic: A spear pointing to the bottom-right

4 strokes

Words Using 嘎 (19)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

嘎 ↗

gá

old variant of [[嘎<gá>]]

gá

嘎 ↗

old variant of [[嘎<gá>]]

(onom.) quack / honk / (northern dialect) very / also pr. <gāga>, <gága> etc

gāgā

嘎嘎 ↗

(onom.) quack / honk / (northern dialect) very / also pr. <gāga>, <gága> etc

嘎吱 ↗

gāzhī

(onom.) creak / crunch

gāzhī

嘎吱 ↗

(onom.) creak / crunch

嘎拉哈 ↗

gālāhà

(Manchu loanword) knucklebones / see [[羊拐<yángguǎi>]]

gālāhà

嘎拉哈 ↗

(Manchu loanword) knucklebones / see [[羊拐<yángguǎi>]]

嘎然 ↗

gārán

(onom.) screech of a sudden stop / suddenly stop (of sounds) / crisply and clearly (of sounds)

gārán

嘎然 ↗

(onom.) screech of a sudden stop / suddenly stop (of sounds) / crisply and clearly (of sounds)

叽叽嘎嘎 ↗

jījīgágá

(onom.) giggling noise

jījīgágá

叽叽嘎嘎 ↗

(onom.) giggling noise

贡嘎 ↗

Gònggá

Gonggar county, Tibetan: Gong dkar rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture [[山南地區|山南地区<Shānnándìqū>]], Tibet

Gònggá

贡嘎 ↗

Gonggar county, Tibetan: Gong dkar rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture [[山南地區|山南地区<Shānnándìqū>]], Tibet

唧唧嘎嘎 ↗

jījīgágá

(onom.) giggling noise

jījīgágá

唧唧嘎嘎 ↗

(onom.) giggling noise

贡嘎县 ↗

Gònggáxiàn

Gonggar county, Tibetan: Gong dkar rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture [[山南地區|山南地区<Shānnándìqū>]], Tibet

Gònggáxiàn

贡嘎县 ↗

Gonggar county, Tibetan: Gong dkar rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture [[山南地區|山南地区<Shānnándìqū>]], Tibet

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