(jiá)

11 strokes
Readingsjiá

used in 戛纳

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
jiá / gā
Meaning
used in 戛纳
Strokes
11
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿳一自戈

To strike 戈 someone on the nose 自

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged three parts stacked.

How to write step by step

11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jiájiá

difficult; challenging; original

Open 戛戛 page →
jiárán

(literary) to stop abruptly (of a sound); to be loud and clear

Open 戛然 page →
jiá

Cannes (France)

Open 戛纳 page →

with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)

Open 戛然而止 page →

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