嘉

Information about character(s)

Radical: 口
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 11
Total Strokes: 14

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiā
Cantonese: gaa1
JapaneseKun: YOMISURU YOI
JapaneseOn: KA
Korean: KA

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: excellent; joyful; auspicious

CE-Dict: excellent/auspicious

Soothill: Good, excellent, praiseworthy, to commend.

English-Chinse-English Dictionary of Buddhist terms (Stardict): (1) Good, excellent, beautiful, pleasing, fortunate. (2) To like, love, respect. (3) To enjoy, appreciate, be pleased with. (4) Good fortune, happiness.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.good; fine
2.to praise; to commend

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: fine; good; praise

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: fine; good; praise

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《壴部》嘉美也。从壴加聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集上】【口字部】嘉
【唐韻】古牙切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】居牙切，𠀤音加。【爾雅·釋詁】嘉，美也。【書·大禹謨】嘉乃丕績。【易·乾卦】亨者，嘉之會也。【周禮·春官·大宗伯】以嘉禮親萬民。【註】嘉，善也。【左傳·襄四年】鹿鳴君所以嘉寡君也，敢不拜嘉。【楚語】百嘉備舍。　又【周禮·秋官·大司宼】以嘉石，平罷民。【註】嘉石，文石也，樹之外朝，欲使罷民思其文理以攺悔。　又【前漢·律歷志】準繩嘉量。【註】張晏曰：準水平，量知多少，故曰嘉。　又【爾雅·釋詁】樂也。【禮·禮運】交獻以嘉魂魄。【註】嘉，樂也。　又或作假。【詩·大雅】假樂君子。【註】假，嘉也。【禮·中庸】作嘉。　又【史記·秦始皇紀】更名臘曰嘉平。　又縣名。【前漢·地理志】河內郡，獲嘉縣。　又【韻會】州名。漢屬犍爲郡，周置嘉州，宋攺嘉興府。　又姓。【左傳】周大夫嘉父。　又【韻會】魚名，嘉魚，出丙穴。　又【集韻】或作佳。詳佳字註。　又【集韻】亥駕切【正韻】胡駕切，𠀤音暇。【集韻】美也。或作假。　又叶居何切【詩·豳風】其新孔嘉，其舊如之何。又【小雅】物其多矣，維其嘉矣。【後漢·趙岐傳】漢有逸人，姓趙名嘉，有志無時，命也奈何。

Buddhism words and phrases Good, excellent, beautiful, pleasing, fortunate

CF-Dict: bon/excellent

Han-De-Dict: exzellent, ausgezeichnet (u.E.) (Adj)/fein (u.E.) (Adj)