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伽

gā

Character

What 伽 means

1. used in the transliteration of Greek letters

Other readings

伽 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jiātraditionally used as phonetic for "ga"
• qiéused to transliterate Sanskrit "gha"

Example sentences

• 有个小伙子在我的瑜伽班里。
  Yǒu gè xiǎohuǒzi zài wǒ de yújiā bān lǐ.
  There's a guy in my yoga class.

Words starting with 伽

• 伽利略Jiā lì lüèGalileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist
• 伽蓝qié lánBuddhist temple (loanword from Sanskrit "samgharama")
• 伽马gā mǎ(loanword) gamma (Greek letter Γ, γ)
• 伽师县Jiā shī XiànPayzawat, a county in Kashgar City 喀什市
• 伽罗瓦Jiā luó wǎÉvariste Galois (1811–1832), French mathematician
• 伽罗华Jiā luó huáÉvariste Galois (1811–1832), French mathematician
• 伽利略号Jiā lì lüè hàoGalileo, American robotic spacecraft launched to Jupiter in 1989, orbiting the planet…
• 伽玛射线jiā mǎ shè xiàngamma ray (loanword)
• 伽马射线gā mǎ shè xiàngamma rays
• 伽马辐射jiā mǎ fú shègamma radiation
• 伽罗瓦理论Jiā luó wǎ lǐ lùn(math) Galois theory
• 伽罗华理论Jiā luó huá lǐ lùnGalois theory (math.)
• 伽倻Jiā yēGaya, a Korean confederacy of territorial polities in the Nakdong River basin of southern…
• 伽倻琴jiā yē qíngayageum (Korean 12-stringed zither)
• 伽利略·伽利雷Jiā lì lüè · Jiā lì léiGalileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist
• 伽师Jiā shīsee 伽师县
• 伽玛gā mǎvariant of 伽马

Words containing 伽

• 瑜伽yú jiā(loanword) yoga
• 奥米伽ào mǐ gāomega (Greek letter Ω, ω); also pr. ào mǐ jiā
• 欧米伽ōu mǐ gāomega (Greek letter Ω, ω); also pr. ōu mǐ jiā
• 薄伽丘Bó jiā qiūGiovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer, poet, and humanist, author of Decameron…
• 阿伏伽德罗Ā fú jiā dé luóAmedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Italian scientist
• 瑜伽垫yú jiā diànyoga mat
• 瑜伽裤yú jiā kùyoga pants
• 僧伽sēng qié(Buddhism) sangha; the monastic community; monk
• 摩睺罗伽Mó hóu luó jiāMahoraga, snake's headed Indian deity; a protector deity of Buddhist law
• 阿伏伽德罗常数Ā fú jiā dé luó cháng shùAvogadro's number (chemistry)
• 瑜伽宗Yú jiā zōngsee 唯识宗
• 瑜伽行派Yú jiā Xíng pàisee 唯识宗

Characters that look like 伽

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 和hé(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math) sum; to make peace
• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 私sīpersonal; private; selfish
• 细xìthin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft
• 彻chèthorough; penetrating; to pervade
• 佃diànto rent farmland from a landlord

Sounds the same

Read gā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 嘎(onomatopoeia) short but loud sound
• 咖used in 咖喱
• 夹used in 夹肢窝
• 戛used in 戛纳
• 呷used in 呷呷
• 胳used in 胳肢窝
• 旮used in 旮旯