Hanja Analyzer
佳

佳 — ga, gae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
아름다울 가, 착할 개
Romanization
ga, gae
English
good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful
Mandarin
jiā
Japanese on'yomi
カ, カイ, ケイ
Japanese kun'yomi
よい
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,643 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
人 (9, 6 residual)
Phonetic component
圭
Unicode
U+4F73

Parts that make up 佳

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 圭 서옥(瑞玉)/쌍토 규sound 위아래로 겹친 옥 홀 둘주로 소리를 나타낸다

How 佳 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 佳 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 圭.

Korean example words with 佳

  • 가랑佳郞 Korean gloss: 참한 소년
  • 가우佳友 Korean gloss: 좋은 친구
  • 가절佳節 Korean gloss: 좋은 명절
  • 가향佳香 Korean gloss: 좋은 향기
  • 가경佳境 Korean gloss: 경치가 좋은 곳
  • 가편佳篇 Korean gloss: 아주 잘된 작품
  • 가품佳品 Korean gloss: 질이 좋은 물품
  • 가객佳客 Korean gloss: 반갑고 귀한 손님
  • 가작佳作 Korean gloss: 매우 뛰어난 작품
  • 가약佳約 Korean gloss: 부부가 되자는 약속
  • 가필佳筆 Korean gloss: 붓글씨의 훌륭한 재능
  • 가경佳景 Korean gloss: 빼어나게 아름다운 경치

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 佳

  • 佳作かさく fine (piece of) work; excellent work; work that receives an honourable mention
  • 佳境かきょう most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part
  • 佳か beautiful; good; excellent
  • 佳宴かえん splendid banquet; joyous banquet
  • 佳客かかく good visitor; pleasant guest
  • 佳句かく beautiful passage of literature
  • 佳景かけい beautiful view
  • 佳月かげつ good month; bright moon
  • 佳言かげん good words; wise saying
  • 佳肴かこう delicacy; rare treat; good-eating fish
  • 佳趣かしゅ good taste; good impression
  • 佳酒かしゅ good wine; good drink

Characters sharing the phonetic 圭

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “가”

Other hanja with radical 人

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