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呷
gā
What 呷 means
- used in {呷呷|gā gā}
Other readings
Words starting with 呷
Characters built on 甲
These share the phonetic component 甲 (jiǎ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
- 押yāto mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody
- 闸zhásluice; sluice gate; to dam up water; (colloquial) brake
- 鸭yāduck; (slang) male prostitute
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
- 伽used in the transliteration of Greek letters
- 戛used in 戛纳
- 胳used in 胳肢窝
- 旮used in 旮旯
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