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葭

jiā

Character

What 葭 means

1. reed
2. Phragmites communis

Words containing 葭

• 蒹葭倚玉树jiān jiā yǐ yù shùlit. reeds leaning on a jade tree (idiom); fig. the lowly associating with the noble…
• 蒹葭倚玉jiān jiā yǐ yùsee 蒹葭倚玉树
• 蒹葭玉树jiān jiā yù shùsee 蒹葭倚玉树

Characters built on 叚

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

• 假jiǎfake; false; artificial
• 霞xiárose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
• 瑕xiáblemish; flaw in jade
• 暇xiáleisure
• 遐xiádistant; long-lasting; to abandon
• 猳jiāmythical ape; variant of 豭
• 煆xiāa raging fire
• 瘕jiǎobstruction in the intestine

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