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枷

jiā

Character

What 枷 means

1. cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)

Example sentences

• 人是生而自由的，但却无往不在枷锁之中。
  Rén shì shēng ér zìyóu de, dàn què wú wǎng bù zài jiāsuǒ zhīzhōng.
  Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.

Words starting with 枷

• 枷锁jiā suǒstocks and chain; in fetters
• 枷板jiā bǎncangue; fig. difficult situation
• 枷销jiā xiāoyoke; chains; shackles

Words containing 枷

• 连枷lián jiāflail
• 连枷胸lián jiā xiōng(medicine) flail chest
• 梿枷lián jiāvariant of 连枷

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
• 嘉jiāexcellent; auspicious; to praise
• 迦jiā(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)
• 珈jiāgamma; jewelry
• 痂jiāscab
• 袈jiāused in 袈裟
• 笳jiāwhistle made of reed

Characters that look like 枷

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

• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 秘mìsecret; secretary
• 胁xiéflank (the side of one's torso); to coerce; to threaten
• 缸gāngjar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry
• 栖qīto perch; to rest (of birds); to dwell
• 珈jiāgamma; jewelry

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
• 嘉excellent; auspicious; to praise
• 佳beautiful; fine; good
• 迦(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)
• 镓gallium (chemistry)
• 伽traditionally used as phonetic for "ga"
• 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