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Usage of the character 戛

jiá
[戛]
  • lance
  • to tap
  • to scrape
  • to chirp
  • custom
jiá
[戞]
  • variant of 戛 (jiá)
jiájiá
戛戛
[戛戛]
  • difficult
  • challenging
  • original
jiárán
戛然
[戛然]
  • (literary) to stop abruptly (of a sound)
  • to be loud and clear
Gānà
戛纳
[戛納]
  • Cannes (France)
jiájiádúzào
戛戛独造
[戛戛獨造]
  • creative
  • original
Mǎjiá'ěrní
马戛尔尼
[馬戛爾尼]
  • Earl George Macartney (1737-1806), leader of British mission to Qing China in 1793
  • Paul McCartney, former Beatle
jiárán'érzhǐ
戛然而止
[戛然而止]
  • with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)
Mǎjiá'ěrníshǐtuán
马戛尔尼使团
[馬戛爾尼使團]
  • the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793