Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 嘎


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Meaning

cackling sound, creak, crunch

Pronunciation

gā, gǎ

Explanation

Left: Mouth , right: 戛 (Vari. of: head, shoulder [= head with shoulders and eyebrows ], halbard )

Mnemonic

The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) when cutting off a head with a halberd is a: cackling.

Radicals

mouth, opening(This is a small square. If it is bigger: , it is an enclosure.)
head, leader(Picture of an eye with emphasized eye-brows to express the special: the head or the chief. (When used as a radical often without eye-brows meaning forehead). It is always at the right side of a character.)
halberd
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Vocabulary

嘎吱 gā zhī creak; crunch (onomatopoeia)
吱嘎 zhī gā creak; crunch (onomatopoeia)
嘎嘎 gā gā onomat. quack; honk; also pr. [ga1 ga5], [ga2 ga5] etc
嘎嘎 gā gā onomat. quack; honk; also pr. [ga1 ga5], [ga2 ga5] etc
叽叽嘎嘎 jī jī gá gá onomat. giggling noise
叽叽嘎嘎 jī jī gá gá onomat. giggling noise


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