漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
佳: excellent, beautiful
Also: good, pleasing, skilled
JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
亻 carries the meaning · 圭 gives the sound
8 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
カka · on'yomi · in compounds
- 佳作かさくfine (piece of) work; excellent work
- 佳境かきょうmost interesting part (of a story); climax
- 佳かbeautiful; good; excellent
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
圭
Also built on square jewel (圭)
The 圭 sound family doesn't share one reading.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side佳 excellent · 亻
vs奎 star · 大In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jiā
Same form: 佳 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 佳 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 佳 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiā most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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