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浃

jiā

Character Traditional 浹

What 浃 means

1. soaked
2. to wet
3. to drench
4. Taiwan pr. jiá

Words containing 浃

• 汗流浃背hàn liú jiā bèito sweat profusely (idiom); drenched in sweat
• 沦浃lún jiāto be deeply affected; moved to the core
• 沦肌浃髓lún jī jiā suǐlit. penetrate to the marrow (idiom); deeply affected; moved to the core

Characters built on 夹

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

• 峡xiágorge
• 狭xiánarrow; narrow-minded
• 侠xiáknight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero
• 颊jiácheeks
• 荚jiápod (botany)
• 硖xiáplace name
• 蛱jiásee 蛱蝶
• 铗jiápincers for use at a fire; sword

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"
• 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