戛

jiá · gā

lance · to tap

Radical: 戈 Strokes: 11

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

成战戏戒戎戈我戴截戚戮戟

Same radical

成战戏戒戎戈我戴截戚戮戟戍或戢

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Character Decomposition

戛=一+自+戈

Etymology

To strike 戈 someone on the nose 自

Meanings2 pronunciations

jiá

lance

to tap

to scrape

to chirp

custom

gā

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Words with 戛 29 total

(literary) to stop abruptly (of a sound) · to be loud and clear戛然jiá rán difficult · challenging · original戛戛jiá jiá Cannes (France)戛纳Gā nà creative · original戛戛独造jiá jiá dú zào with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)戛然而止jiá rán ér zhǐ Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793 · Paul McCartney, former Beatle马戛尔尼Mǎ jiá ěr ní the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793马戛尔尼使团Mǎ jiá ěr ní shǐ tuán

Idioms with 戛 10 total Chain

creative · original戛戛独造jiá jiá dú zào with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)戛然而止jiá rán ér zhǐ

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