伽

jiā
#2,527 most
frequent character
traditionally used as phonetic for "ga"

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

伽 has 亻 'person' as its meaning part and 加 jiā as the sound part. It first appeared in spellings of Sanskrit words, where the person part marks a name or person. Read jiā, it spells foreign words more generally.

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Homophones

HSK 1
家jiā
home, family
加jiā
add, increase, put in
夹jiā
clip, folder, press from both sides
佳jiā
beautiful, fine, good
嘉jiā
excellent, auspicious, to praise

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