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嘉

jiā

HSK 5 Character

What 嘉 means

1. excellent
2. auspicious
3. to praise
4. to commend

Other readings

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

• Jiāsurname Jia

Example sentences

• 真是精神可嘉！
  Zhēnshi jīngshén kějiā!
  That's the spirit!
• 我想和格特‧嘉尼一起死。
  Wǒ xiǎng hé gé tè ‧ jiā ní yīqǐ sǐ.
  I want to die with Getter Jaani.
• 他做的这件事真是精神可嘉！
  Tā zuò de zhè jiàn shì zhēnshi jīngshén kějiā!
  What he did really shows the right spirit!

Words starting with 嘉

• 嘉宾jiā bīnesteemed guest; honored guest; guest (on a show)
• 嘉年华jiā nián huá(loanword) carnival
• 嘉庆Jiā qìngJiaqing Emperor (1760-1820), seventh Qing emperor, personal name 颙琰
• 嘉奖jiā jiǎngto award; commendation; citation
• 嘉定Jiā dìngJiading district of northwest Shanghai; final reign name 1208-1224 of South Song emperor…
• 嘉峪关Jiā yù GuānJiayu Pass in Gansu, at the western terminus of the Great Wall
• 嘉陵江Jiā líng JiāngJialing River in Sichuan (a tributary of the Yangtze)
• 嘉兴市Jiā xīng ShìJiaxing, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省
• 嘉会jiā huìauspicious occasion; grand feast
• 嘉义Jiā yìChiayi, a city and county in west Taiwan
• 嘉许jiā xǔfavorable; praise
• 嘉豪jiā háo(slang) try-hard poser; cringe attention-seeker who acts overly cool or self-confident
• 嘉善县Jiā shàn XiànJiashan, a county in Jiaxing City 嘉兴市
• 嘉士伯Jiā shì bóCarlsberg
• 嘉定区Jiā dìng qūJiading district of northwest Shanghai
• 嘉宝果jiā bǎo guǒjaboticaba; Brazilian grape tree
• 嘉义市Jiā yì shìChiayi city in central Taiwan
• 嘉义县Jiā yì XiànJiayi or Chiayi County in west Taiwan
• 嘉鱼县Jiā yú XiànJiayu, a county in Xianning City 咸宁市
• 嘉黎县Jiā lí XiànLhari, a county in Nagqu City 那曲市
• 嘉柏隆里Jiā bó lóng lǐ(Taiwan) Gaborone, capital of Botswana
• 嘉仁Jiā rénYoshihito, personal name of the Taishō 大正
• 嘉祥县Jiā xiáng XiànJiaxiang, a county in Jining City 济宁市
• 嘉陵区Jiā líng QūJialing, a district of Nanchong City 南充市

Words containing 嘉

• 李嘉诚Lǐ Jiā chéngSir Li Ka-shing (1928-), Hong Kong businessman
• 可嘉kě jiālaudable
• 李嘉欣Lǐ Jiā xīnMichele Monique Reis (1970-) actress, model and former Miss Hong Kong & Miss Chinese…
• 永嘉Yǒng jiāYongjia county in Wenzhou 温州; reign name 307-313 of Jin Emperor Huai 晋怀帝
• 技嘉Jì jiāGIGABYTE Technology Co., Ltd.
• 李宝嘉Lǐ Bǎo jiāLi Boyuan 李伯元 or Li Baojia (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social…
• 永嘉县Yǒng jiā XiànYongjia, a county in Wenzhou City 温州市
• 获嘉县Huò jiā XiànHuojia, a county in Xinxiang City 新乡市
• 王嘉尔Wáng Jiā ěrJackson Wang (1994–), Hong Kong singer, rapper and dancer, member of GOT7 and founder of…
• 登嘉楼Dēng jiā lóuTerengganu, state of Malaysia
• 罗嘉良Luó Jiā liángGallen Lo (1962-), Hong Kong actor and singer
• 勇气可嘉yǒng qì kě jiāto deserve praise for one's courage (idiom)
• 宝嘉康蒂Bǎo jiā kāng dìPocahontas (c. 1595-1617), native American noted for her association with the colony of…
• 杜嘉班纳Dù jiā bān nàDolce & Gabbana (fashion brand)
• 科西嘉岛Kē xī jiā DǎoCorsica (Island located west of Italy and southeast of France)
• 蒙嘉慧Měng Jiā huìYoyo Mung (1975-), Hong Kong actress
• 吴嘉经Wú Jiā jīngWu Jiajing (1618-1684), early Qing dynasty poet
• 永嘉郡Yǒng jiā jùnYongjia prefecture in Zhejiang
• 吕嘉民Lǚ Jiā mínLü Jiamin (1946-) aka Jiang Rong 姜戎
• 乾嘉三大家Qián Jiā Sān Dà jiāthe three leading poets of the Qianlong-Jiaqing era (1735–1820), who championed personal…
• 思嘉丽Sī jiā lìScarlett (name); also written 斯嘉丽
• 获嘉Huò jiāsee 获嘉县

Characters built on 加

These share the phonetic component 加 (jiā), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 架jiàto support; frame; rack
• 驾jiàto harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive
• 迦jiā(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)
• 枷jiācangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)
• 珈jiāgamma; jewelry
• 痂jiāscab
• 袈jiāused in 袈裟
• 笳jiāwhistle made of reed

Characters that look like 嘉

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

• 愿yuànhonest and prudent; variant of 愿
• 暴bàosudden; violent; cruel
• 慕mùto admire
• 墓mùgrave; tomb; mausoleum
• 磊lěilumpy; rock pile; uneven
• 痿wěiatrophy

Sounds the same

Read jiā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 家used in 家伙
• 加to add; (math) plus; to increase; to augment
• 夹to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich
• 佳beautiful; fine; good
• 迦(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)
• 镓gallium (chemistry)
• 伽traditionally used as phonetic for "ga"
• 枷cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)
• 珈gamma; jewelry
• 茄phonetic character used in loanwords for the sound "jia", although 夹
• 痂scab
• 耞flail (for threshing grain); old variant of 枷