嘉 (gaa1 | jia1) : distinguished; praise

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嘉

gaa1

jia1

[1] [adj] distinguished; good; fine
[2] [v] praise; commend; approve

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 14

Level: 2

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

嘉

This word has been viewed 14554 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Mar 2011 09:25

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嘉年華 gaa1 nin4 waa4 jia1 nian2 hua2 = carnival

嘉獎 gaa1 zoeng2 jia1 jiang3 = to award an honour

嘉賓 gaa1 ban1 jia1 bin1 = distinguished guest, guest of honor

嘉魚 gaa1 jyu4*2 jia1 yu2 = charr (a type of freshwater fish); Jiayu (place in Hubei)

嘉年華會 gaa1 nin4 waa4 wui6*2 jia1 nian2 hua2 hui4 = carnival

可嘉 ho2 gaa1 = praisable

嘉特利亞蘭 gaa1 dak6 lei6 aa3 laan4 jia1 te4 li4 ya3/4 (Taiwan/PRC) lan2 = cattleya (commonly grown orchid plant)

倒數嘉年華 dou3 sou2 gaa1 nin4 waa4 = a countdown carnival

嘉許 gaa1 heoi2 jia1 xu3 = favorable; praise

嘉禾娛樂有限公司 gaa1 wo4 jyu4 lok6 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1 jia1 he2 wu4 le4 you3 xian4 gong1 si1 = Golden Harvest Entertainment Co Ltd
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Decimal representation of this word: 嘉
Unicode code for this character: U+5609 (off-site link)

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