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Kanji Detail for 佳 - "good, beautiful, excellent"

佳

  • Meaning

    佳 means "good, beautiful, excellent."

    1. Good - Beautiful; fine; excellent.

    2. Lovely - Attractive; wonderful.

    3. Auspicious - Favorable; propitious.

  • Words using 佳

    • 佳作 かさく Listen fine (piece of) work; excellent work; work that receives an honourable mention

  • Four-character idioms with 佳

    • 佳人薄命 かじんはくめい Listen beauties die young; beauty and luck seldom go together
    • 才子佳人 さいしかじん Listen talented man and a beautiful woman; well-matched pair; wit and beauty
    • 珍味佳肴 ちんみかこう Listen rare delicacies; rare treat
    • 美味佳肴 びみかこう Listen delicacies; epicurean dishes
    • 美酒佳肴 びしゅかこう Listen fine wines and prized delicacies

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    • Verified meaning: good, beautiful, excellent
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read か, かい, かすみ, けい)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 佳

    Given names 佳(かい)Listen 佳(けい)Listen 佳(このみ)Listen 佳(このむ)Listen 佳(よし)Listen 佳(よしみ)Listen

    Surnames 佳(か)Listen 佳(かすみ)Listen 佳(けいじ)Listen 佳(すぐる)Listen

  • Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    excellent; beautiful; good; pleasing; skilled

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Jia

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Beautiful; good. Such as 佳人 (beautiful person), 佳士 (fine gentleman).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ka(カ) カ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    good beautiful excellent splendid wonderful admirable charming delightful elegant exquisite fine gorgeous lovely magnificent pleasing superb

Sentences including 佳

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