nursing, attending, entertainer
伽 centers on personal care and companionship: nursing someone, attending to their needs, or providing entertainment as a companion.
伽 combines 亻 (person) with 加, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of adding or assisting. The character expresses a person who adds care or companionship.
A person 亻 beside 加 (add) suggests someone who adds comfort: a nurse, attendant, or entertainer who stays by your side.
For カ, imagine a caring attendant bringing a cup of tea: cup -> カ, and the person 亻 adds warmth to the scene.
nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer
attending (upon); keeping another company; being a confidant; serving (a nobleman)
aloes wood (Taxus cuspidata var. nana)
temple (esp. large one); monastery
attending someone through the night (of a guard, nurse)
fairy-tale book
Kaya (ancient Korean confederacy); Karak
yoga
complete seven-structured temple compound
stalks of butterbur boiled in soy sauce
gayageum (12-stringed Korean zither)
fairy play; pantomime
fairy-tale book
empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted
pelican
sangha (the Buddhist community)
Buddhist convent or monastery
religious buildings (temples, shrines, pagodas, etc.)
large temple edifice; large temple
fairyland; never-never land