congratulations, joy
賀 centers on expressing joy and offering congratulations, often in a celebratory context.
賀 combines 加 (add) and 貝 (shell/money), originally suggesting adding a gift or offering to express congratulations.
Adding 加 a shell 貝 as a gift is a way to show joy and offer congratulations.
For ガ, imagine a joyful gathering where everyone shouts 'GA!' in celebration: the sound 'GA' cues ガ while people congratulate each other.
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Saga (city, prefecture)
Shiga (prefecture)
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
congratulation; celebration
New Year's card
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
celebration; congratulations
New Year's greetings; New Year's call; New Year's gift
wishes of happiness
god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox)
congratulatory visit to the Imperial Palace (e.g. at New Year)
celebration
congratulatory visit to the Imperial Palace (for New Year and the Emperor's birthday)
Saga Rebellion (1874)
Saga Medical School
Saga University
Saga Prefecture
Saga Prefectural Art Museum
Saga Prefectural Police (abbr)
Kaga lotus root (variety grown in Kanazawa)