嘎 — Chinese character
嘎
gā
a cackling sound; bad, malevolent
- Pinyin
- gā
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 口 戛
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 戛
Common words with 嘎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嘎嘎 | gā gā | (onom.) quack; honk |
| 嘎吱 | gā zhī | (onom.) creak; crunch |
| 嘎啦 | gā la | (onom.) rumbling; rattling |
| 嘎啦 | gá la | to quarrel (Northeastern Mandarin) |
| 吱吱嘎嘎 | zī zī gā gā | (onom.) creaking and grating |
| 嘎然 | gā rán | (onom.) screech of a sudden stop; suddenly stop (of sounds) |
| 偶买嘎 (偶買嘎) | ǒu mǎi gā | (loanword) oh my God! |
| 吱嘎 | zhī gā | (onom.) creak; crunch |
| 吱嘎声 (吱嘎聲) | zhī gā shēng | (linguistics) creaky voice; vocal fry |
| 哦买嘎 (哦買嘎) | ò mǎi gā | (loanword) oh my God! |
| 唧唧嘎嘎 | jī ji gā gā | (onom.) cackling; creaking |
| 嘎了 | gǎ le | (slang) (I'm, you're) toast; so screwed; it's game over (for sb); (sth) bit the dust |
English words written with 嘎
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.