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迦

jiā

Character

What 迦 means

1. (phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)

Example sentences

• 史库拉和奴迦很高兴。
  Skura and Nuja were pleased.
• 这之后他与他的母亲、兄弟和门徒们一起去了迦百农。
  Zhè zhīhòu tā yǔ tā de mǔqīn, xiōngdì hé méntú men yīqǐ qù le jiā bǎi nóng.
  After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples.
• “米迦勒”是男人的名字，但“蜜雪儿”是女人的名字。
  “ mǐ jiā lè ” shì nánrén de míngzi, dàn “ mì xuě r ” shì nǚrén de míngzi.
  "Michael" is a man's name but "Michelle" is a lady's name.
• 「米迦勒」是男人的名字，但「蜜雪儿」是女人的名字。
  "Michael" is a man's name but "Michelle" is a lady's name.

Words starting with 迦

• 迦南Jiā nánCanaan (in Biblical Palestine)
• 迦持jiā chíthe laws of the Buddhism
• 迦纳Jiā nàGhana (Tw)
• 迦太基Jiā tài jīCarthage
• 迦叶佛jiā yè fóBuddha Kassapa (Pāli) or Kāśyapa (Skt) (one of the Buddhas of the past)

Words containing 迦

• 释迦牟尼Shì jiā móu níShakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
• 萨迦Sà jiāSa'gya town and county, Tibetan: Sa skya, in Shigatse prefecture, central Tibet…
• 弥迦书Mí jiā shūBook of Micah
• 萨迦县Sà jiā XiànSa'gya, a county in Shigatse City 日喀则市
• 释迦佛shì jiā fóSakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya); Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the…
• 南迦巴瓦峰Nán jiā Bā wǎ FēngNamcha Barwa (7,782 m), Himalayan mountain
• 撒迦利亚书Sā jiā lì yà shūBook of Zechariah
• 帖撒罗尼迦Tiě sā luó ní jiāThessalonica
• 康乾宗迦峰Kāng qián zōng jiā fēngKachenjunga (Himalayan peak)
• 凤梨释迦fèng lí shì jiāatemoya, hybrid of the cherimoya (Annona cherimola) and the sugar apple…
• 释迦牟尼佛Shì jiā móu ní fóSakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya); Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the…
• 楞迦Léng jiāLanka (old term for Sri Lanka, Ceylon)
• 楞迦岛Léng jiā DǎoLanka (old term for Sri Lanka, Ceylon)
• 释迦shì jiāsugar apple (Annona squamosa)
• 帖撒罗尼迦前书Tiě sā luó ní jiā qián shūFirst epistle of St Paul to the Thessalonians
• 帖撒罗尼迦后书Tiě sā luó ní jiā Hòu shūSecond Epistle of St Paul to the Thessalonians
• 撒迦利亚Sā jiā lì yàZechariah (name); Zechariah (Old Testament prophet)
• 庵摩落迦果ān mó luò jiā guǒsee 余甘子

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
• 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 迦

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

• 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself…
• 浏liúclear; deep (of water); swift
• 删shānto delete
• 栅zhàfence; also pr. shān
• 绗hángto quilt
• 迩ěrrecently; near; close

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
• 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