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迦

jiā
noun #17,353

Meanings

  1. 1 (phonetic character used in Buddhist transliterations)

Examples

释迦牟尼是佛教的创始人。
Shìjiāmóuní shì Fójiào de chuàngshǐrén.
Shakyamuni is the founder of Buddhism.
他在读一本关于迦叶的书。
Tā zài dú yī běn guānyú Jiāyè de shū.
He is reading a book about Kashyapa.

Tips

usage
迦 appears almost exclusively in Buddhist transliterations: 释迦 (Shìjiā, Shakya), 迦叶 (Jiāyè, Kashyapa), 迦南 (Jiānán, Canaan). It has no standalone meaning in modern Chinese.

Stroke Order

迦 jiā