jiā
noun #12,799

Meanings

  1. 1 jade ornament worn in the hair
  2. 2 jewelry

Examples

Gǔdài guìzú fùnǚ dài jiā zuòwéi zhuāngshì.
Noble women in ancient times wore jade hair ornaments as decoration.

Tips

history
originally referred to a specific type of jade hairpin worn by noblewomen in ancient China. Today it mainly appears in names and the transliteration 瑜珈 (yoga).

Components

radical
wáng
jade
Left - when on the left of a character it is the side-form of (jade), not the king. Three horizontal lines threaded together pictured strung jade discs. As the indexing radical it places in the jade-and-jewellery family with , precious, pearl, 玛瑙 agate, 琉璃 glaze.
phonetic
jiā
to add
Right supplies the full sound - jiā read identically in the parent. Borrowed purely for pronunciation. Same phonetic appears in eggplant, scab, (in 咖啡 coffee), all sharing the jiā/qié reading.

Stroke Order

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