jiā
transcription of sanskrit 'gha' in buddhist texts ('samgha'
Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 加 represents the sound.
Definitions
jiā
transcription of sanskrit 'gha' in buddhist texts ('samgha', etc.); (nursing; attending; entertainer) (Jap.); temple; in Chinese this character is not used alone; traditionally used as phonetic for ga; also pr. [gā]; also pr. [qié]
Most common words with 伽
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
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also pr. [gā] | ||
yoga (loanword) | ||
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist | ||
gamma rays | ||
Buddhist temple (loanword from Sanskrit "samgharama") |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 3.0594% of movies
2534th most common character in movies
2532nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Unicode | U+4F3D |
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