佳
excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, skilled
Readings
On'yomi
- カ
Kun'yomi
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Nanori
- けい
- よし
Meaning
佳 centers on high quality and attractiveness: something excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, or skillfully made.
Most common words using 佳
20 of 38- 佳かN1
beautiful; good; excellent
- 佳作かさく
fine (piece of) work; excellent work
- 佳境かきょう
most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part
- 佳句かくN1
beautiful passage of literature
- 佳人かじん
(female) beauty; beautiful woman
- 佳人薄命かじんはくめい
beauties die young; beauty and luck seldom go together
- 佳什かじゅう
excellent poem
- 佳例かれい
good example
- 佳味かみ
delicious taste
- 佳品かひん
choice article; item of excellent quality; masterpiece
- 佳客かかく
good visitor; pleasant guest
- 佳宴かえん
splendid banquet; joyous banquet
- 佳容かよう
comely face
- 佳日かじつ
auspicious day; good day; lucky day; beautiful day
- 佳景かけい
beautiful view
- 佳月かげつ
good month; bright moon
- 佳木かぼく
beautiful trees
- 佳節かせつ
auspicious occasion
- 佳篇かへん
outstanding poem
- 佳肴かこう
delicacy; rare treat; good-eating fish
Study
Etymology
佳 combines 亻 (person) with 圭, which likely contributes the sound and may suggest something refined or precious, giving the idea of a person of excellent quality.
Meaning mnemonic
A person 亻 beside a stack of jade tablets 圭: imagine a master craftsman holding a perfectly carved jade piece, representing excellence and beauty.
Reading mnemonic
For カ, picture a beautiful car: car -> カ, and the person 亻 admires the excellent, pleasing design of the car.