佳

Pronunciationjiā
Five Elements
FortuneAuspicious
Strokes8 strokes

Basic Info

Pronunciation jiā
Five Elements
Fortune Auspicious
Radical
Simplified Strokes 8 strokes
Traditional Strokes 8 strokes

Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

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Zi Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Person (rén). jia. Kangxi stroke count: 8. Page number: Page 100, number 18. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced with the initial gǔ and the rhyme xié. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui): Pronounced with the initial jū and the rhyme xié. Sounding like jiē. It means beautiful or good. New Account of Tales of the World (Shishuo Xinyu): Sima was cautious and prudent; whenever someone asked him about people or things, he would always say they were good. His wife reproached him for making no distinctions, and he said: Your words are also quite good. Furthermore, in the Rhyme Supplement (Yunbu), it is a rhyming variant pronounced with the initial jiān and the rhyme xī, sounding like jī. Yang Xiong's Refuting the Lament (Fansao): In the inner chambers they compete in grace and charm, their forms and appearances beautiful and fine. Knowing the jealousy of the many beauties, why bother to show off those long, delicate eyebrows? It is also used as a rhyming variant pronounced with the initial jū and the rhyme hé, sounding like gē. In a poem by Bai Juyi: I sit in sorrow, awake tonight, but what can be done about these autumn feelings? A guest suddenly knocks at the door, and how fine their words are too!

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