嘉 — Chinese character
嘉
jiā
excellent; joyful; auspicious
- Pinyin
- jiā
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 壴 加
- Formation
- pictophonetic — drum; meaning component 壴; sound component 加
- Japanese
- 嘉 as a kanji
Common words with 嘉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嘉宾 (嘉賓) | jiā bīn | esteemed guest; honored guest |
| 嘉年华 (嘉年華) | jiā nián huá | (loanword) carnival |
| 嘉奖 (嘉獎) | jiā jiǎng | to award; commendation |
| 嘉许 (嘉許) | jiā xǔ | favorable; praise |
| 可嘉 | kě jiā | laudable |
| 勇气可嘉 (勇氣可嘉) | yǒng qì kě jiā | to deserve praise for one's courage (idiom) |
| 嘉豪 | jiā háo | (slang) try-hard poser; cringe attention-seeker who acts overly cool or self-confident |
| 嘉宝果 (嘉寶果) | jiā bǎo guǒ | jaboticaba; Brazilian grape tree |
| 嘉会 (嘉會) | jiā huì | auspicious occasion; grand feast |
English words written with 嘉
嘉 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · I Ching 3 · Zhuangzi 6 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Analects 19.3
- Hexagram 17
- Hexagram 30
- Hexagram 33
- Zhuangzi The Evidence of Virtue Complete
- Zhuangzi The Tao of God
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 17
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 21
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