伽玛 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jiā, qié, gā transcription of sanskrit 'gha' in buddhist texts ('samgha'

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 加 represents the sound.

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

加 Sound component

jiā add

Phonosemantic compound. 玉 represents the meaning and 马 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瑪.

yù jade

马 Sound component

mǎ horse

Phonosemantic compound. 玉 represents the meaning and 馬 represents the sound.

yù jade

馬 Sound component

mǎ horse

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		mraːʔ
Unicode	mǎ