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迦 meaning and stroke order

jiā

Used in transliterations

8 strokesRadical 辶
Strokes8
Pinyinjiā
ToneTone 1
Frequency#3,759
Printable worksheet

How to write 迦, stroke by stroke

8 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.

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Meaning of 迦

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.

jiāfirst tone (high and level)
  1. (phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)

How 迦 is built

Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Walk.

chuòto walk+jiāto add

辶 gives the meaning and 加 hints at the sound.

Radical: 辶 (to walk), shared by 131 characters on this site.

How to remember 迦

迦 combines 辶 (walking) with 加 (jiā, add), which gives the sound. Picture monks walking a long road and adding sacred foreign words to Chinese, one 迦 at a time.

迦 has no meaning of its own and appears mainly in transliterations, especially Buddhist names and terms from Sanskrit. The best known is 释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní), the Chinese name for Shakyamuni Buddha. Example: 释迦牟尼是佛教的创始人。(Shìjiāmóuní shì Fójiào de chuàngshǐrén.) Shakyamuni is the founder of Buddhism.

Common mistake: Learners often confuse 迦 with 枷 (jiā, cangue) or 痂 (jiā, scab), which share the phonetic 加 and the same sound. Remember that only the walking radical 辶 version is used for Buddhist and foreign names.

迦 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

史shǐ库kù拉lā和hé奴nú迦jiā很hěn高gāo兴xìng。
Skura and Nuja were pleased.
「米mǐ迦jiā勒lēi」是shì男nán人rén的de名míng字zì，但dàn「蜜mì雪xuě儿ér」是shì女nǚ人rén的de名míng字zì。
"Michael" is a man's name but "Michelle" is a lady's name.
这zhè之zhī后hòu他tā与yǔ他tā的de母mǔ亲qīn、兄xiōng弟dì和hé门mén徒tú们men一yì起qǐ去qù了le迦jiā百bǎi农nóng。
After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples.

Questions about 迦

How many strokes are in 迦?

迦 is written with 8 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.

What does 迦 mean?

迦 (jiā) means used in transliterations.

How do you pronounce 迦?

迦 is pronounced jiā, in the first tone (high and level).

What is the radical of 迦?

The radical of 迦 is 辶, which carries the idea of "to walk". Dictionaries list 迦 under this radical.

What does 迦 mean in 瑜伽 or 迦南?

迦 does not appear in 瑜伽 (yújiā, yoga), which is written with 伽. It does appear in 迦南 (Jiānán, Canaan), where it simply represents a sound from a foreign name.

Can 迦 be used on its own in a sentence?

No. 迦 is almost never used alone. It only appears as part of longer transliterated words such as 释迦 (Shìjiā, Shakya) or 迦叶 (Jiāyè, Kashyapa, a disciple of the Buddha).