㗎

㗎	U+35CE, 㗎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-35CE

← 㗍
[U+35CD]

CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A

㗏 →
[U+35CF]

Translingual

Han character

㗎 (radical 30 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口大口木 (RKRD), composition ⿰口架)

References

KangXi: not present, would follow page 201, character 12
Unihan data for U+35CE

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 口 (“mouth; vernacular”) + phonetic 架.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

simp. and trad.		㗎
alt. forms		架 nonstandard o架 nonstandard 咖𡃉

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jià (jia⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jià
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˋ
  - Wade–Giles: chia⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiah
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa³
  - Yale: ga
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga³
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑː³³/

Definitions

㗎

(Cantonese)

Sentence-final particle that marks emphasis or surprise.

咁衰㗎！ [Cantonese] ― Gam³ seoi¹ gaa³! [Jyutping] ― That's awful!
Sentence-final particle used in a question seeking information or confirmation.

係唔係真㗎？ / 系唔系真㗎？ [Cantonese] ― Hai⁶ m⁴ hai⁶ zan¹ gaa³? [Jyutping] ― Is that true?

Pronunciation 2

simp. and trad.		㗎
alt. forms		架 nonstandard o架 nonstandard 嘎

Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa⁴

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa⁴
  - Yale: gàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑː²¹/

Definitions

㗎

(Cantonese)

Sentence-final particle used in a question seeking confirmation.

真係㗎？ / 真系㗎？ [Cantonese] ― Zan¹ hai⁶ gaa⁴? [Jyutping] ― Really?
Sentence-final particle used in a rhetorical question.

你當我傻㗎？ / 你当我傻㗎？ [Cantonese] ― Nei⁵ dong¹ ngo⁵ so⁴ gaa⁴? [Jyutping] ― You think I am dumb?

Pronunciation 3

simp. and trad.		㗎
alt. forms		架 nonstandard o架 nonstandard 𠿪

Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa²
  - Yale: gá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga²
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑː³⁵/

Definitions

㗎

(Cantonese)

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冇理由佢會偷嘢㗎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
冇理由佢会偷嘢㗎。 [Cantonese, simp.]
Mou⁵ lei⁵ jau⁴ keoi⁵ wui⁵ tau¹ je⁵ gaa². [Jyutping]
No way would he steal.

你要邀請人先會有人嚟㗎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
你要邀请人先会有人嚟㗎。 [Cantonese, simp.]
Nei⁵ jiu³ jiu¹ cing² jan⁴ sin¹ wui⁵ jau⁵ jan⁴ lai⁴ gaa². [Jyutping]
You have to invite people for people to come.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		㗎
alt. forms		架嘎

Two theories:

From the common Japanese particle か (ka).
From the second syllable of Japanese 馬 (ば)鹿 (か) (baka, “fool; idiot”), used by Japanese soldiers during the Sino–Japanese War.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa⁴

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa⁴
  - Yale: gàh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑː²¹/

Definitions

㗎

(Cantonese, derogatory, ethnic slur, attributive) Japanese; Jap

Compounds

㗎話／㗎话
㗎頭／㗎头

Korean

Hanja

㗎 • (ga) (hangeul 가, revised ga, McCune–Reischauer ka, Yale ka)

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