伽 (jiā): used in the transliteration of Greek letters, traditionally used as phonetic for "ga", used to transliterate Sanskrit "gha"
伽 (jiā) is a Chinese character meaning “used in the transliteration of greek letters.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (semantic) and 加 (phonetic). It ranks #2646 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 伽 person. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 你 (nǐ, you), 他 (tā, he).
Definitions
- used in the transliteration of Greek letters
- traditionally used as phonetic for "ga"
- used to transliterate Sanskrit "gha"
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伽利略proper-noun | jiā lì lüè | Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist |
| 伽马射线 | gā mǎ shè xiàn | gamma ray |
| 伽马noun | gā mǎ | (loanword) gamma (Greek letter Γ, γ) |
| 伽玛 | gā mǎ | variant of 伽馬|伽马 |
| 伽师proper-noun | jiā shī | see 伽師縣|伽师县 |
| 伽罗华理论 | jiā luó huá lǐ lùn | Galois theory (math.) |
| 阿伏伽德罗常数 | ā fú jiā dé luó cháng shù | Avogadro's number (chemistry) |
| 伽罗瓦理论 | jiā luó wǎ lǐ lùn | (math.) Galois theory |
| 伽利略号 | jiā lì lüè hào | Galileo, American robotic spacecraft launched to Jupiter in 1989, orbiting the planet 1995-2003 |
| 阿伏伽德罗proper-noun | ā fú jiā dé luó | Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Italian scientist |
| 伽罗华 | jiā luó huá | Évariste Galois (1811–1832), French mathematician |
| 瑜伽行派 | yú jiā xíng pài | see 唯識宗|唯识宗 |
| 伽利略·伽利雷 | jiā lì lüè · jiā lì léi | Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist |
| 欧米伽noun | ōu mǐ gā | omega (Greek letter Ω, ω) |
| 奥米伽 | ào mǐ gā | omega (Greek letter Ω, ω) |
伽 appears in 27 compound words: 56 as the first character, 19 as the last, and 26 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 伽 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
就在决赛前,被称为“小孩姐”的她还躺在场边的瑜伽垫上“做梦”。
jiù zài jué sài qián , bèi chēng wéi xiǎo hái jiě de tā hái tǎng zài chǎng biān de yú jiā diàn shàng zuò mèng .
Just before the final, she—known as “Little Sister”—was still lying on a yoga mat at the side of the court, “daydreaming.”
有腰椎间盘突出病史的人,使用瑜伽球开展训练前建议先咨询医生。
yǒu yāo zhuī jiān pán tū chū bìng shǐ de rén , shǐ yòng yú jiā qiú kāi zhǎn xùn liàn qián jiàn yì xiān zī xún yī shēng .
People with a history of herniated lumbar discs are advised to consult a doctor before using a yoga ball for exercise.
新作以伽勒尔地区为舞台,葱游兵与皮丘在一次次并不顺利的任务中帮助其他宝可梦。
xīn zuò yǐ jiā lè ěr dì qū wéi wǔ tái , cōng yóu bīng yǔ pí qiū zài yī cì cì bìng bù shùn lì de rèn wù zhōng bāng zhù qí tā bǎo kě mèng .
Set in the Galar region, the new game follows Green and Pichu as they help other Pokémon through a series of missions that don’t always go smoothly.
我国大科学装置“拉索”新发现:认证首个拍电子伏伽马射线变源
wǒ guó dà kē xué zhuāng zhì lā suǒ xīn fā xiàn : rèn zhèng shǒu gè pāi diàn zǐ fú jiā mǎ shè xiàn biàn yuán
New Discovery at China’s “LASO” Large-Scale Scientific Facility: The First Verified Variable Source of Gamma Rays in the Picoelectronvolt Range
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 亻 (person) component
Homophones — Characters pronounced jiā
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