佳

See also: 隹
佳 U+4F73, 佳
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F73
← 佲
[U+4F72] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 佴 →
[U+4F74]

Translingual

Han character

佳 (radical 9, 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人土土 (OGG), four-corner 24214, composition ⿰亻圭)

Descendants

References
  • KangXi: page 100, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 557
  • Dae Jaweon: page 212, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 143, character 16
  • Unihan data for U+4F73

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 佳

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 佳
Small seal script

s05687

Transcribed ancient scripts

L30928

L30929

L03735

L03736

L03737

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (圭) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
街 *kreː, *kreː
鞋 *ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
娾 *ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
佳 *kreː
鮭 *ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
涯 *ŋreː, *ŋre
崖 *ŋreː, *ŋre
啀 *ŋreː
厓 *ŋreː
捱 *ŋreː
睚 *ŋreːs
娃 *qreː
洼 *qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
哇 *qreː, *qʷraː
胿 *ɡeː, *kʷeː
溎 *qeːns
觟 *ɡʷraːʔ
黊 *ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
蘳 *ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
蛙 *qʷraː, *qʷreː
窪 *qʷraː
卦 *kʷreːs
挂 *kʷreːs
掛 *kʷreːs
詿 *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
罣 *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
絓 *kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
鼃 *ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
圭 *kʷeː
珪 *kʷeː
邽 *kʷeː
閨 *kʷeː
袿 *kʷeː
窐 *kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
茥 *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
桂 *kʷeːs
筀 *kʷeːs
奎 *kʰʷeː
刲 *kʰʷeː
蝰 *kʰʷeː
楏 *kʰʷeː
睳 *qʰʷeː
畦 *ɡʷeː
眭 *ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
烓 *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
跬 *kʰʷeʔ
恚 *qʷes
硅 *qʰʷreɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kreː) : semantic 人 (“man; person”) + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).

Pronunciation
  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 佳
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕia⁵⁵/
Harbin /t͡ɕia⁴⁴/
Tianjin /t͡ɕiɑ²¹/
Jinan /t͡ɕia²¹³/
Qingdao /t͡ɕia²¹³/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕia⁵³/
Xi'an /t͡ɕia²¹/
Xining /t͡ɕia⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕia⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕia³¹/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕia⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡ɕia⁵⁵/
Chengdu /t͡ɕia⁵⁵/
Guiyang /t͡ɕia⁵⁵/
Kunming /t͡ɕia̠⁴⁴/
Nanjing /t͡ɕiɑ³¹/
Hefei /t͡ɕia²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕia¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡ɕiɑ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡ɕia³¹/
Wu Shanghai /t͡ɕia⁵³/
Suzhou /t͡ɕiɑ⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡ɕiɑ³³/
Wenzhou /ko³³/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕia³¹/
Tunxi /kɔ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕia³³/
Xiangtan /t͡ɕiɒ³³/
Gan Nanchang /kɑ⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /ka⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /kɑ²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kai⁵³/
Nanning /kai⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /kai⁵³/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /kai⁵⁵/
/ka⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /ka⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /ka⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /kia³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /kai²³/
Rime
Character 佳
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 佳 (31)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古膎切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠɛ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚæ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kæi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kaɨj/
Li
Rong		 /kɛ/
Wang
Li		 /kai/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kai/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiā
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 佳
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jia
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kɛ ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k]ˁre/
English good

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 佳
Reading # 1/1
No. 4531
Phonetic
component		 圭
Rime
group		 支
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 佳
Old
Chinese		 /*kreː/

Definitions

佳

  1. good, auspicious
  2. beautiful
  3. of quality

Compounds
Derived terms from 佳

Japanese

Kanji
佳

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. beautiful, good
  2. excellent

Readings

Korean

Hanja

佳 • (ga, gae)

  1. good, auspicious
  2. beautiful
  3. delightful

Vietnamese

Han character

佳 (giai, trai, dai, lai)

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References
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