嘎
gāgǎgá

sound of laughter

嘎 gā frequency
quack onomatopoeia
(onom.) short but loud sound

鸭子在池塘里嘎嘎地叫。

yā​zi zài chí​táng lǐ gā gā de jiào.

The ducks are quacking in the pond.

嘎 gǎ
ill-tempered onomatopoeia
(dialect) ill-tempered or ornery

这人的脾气真够嘎的。

zhè rén de pí​qi zhēn gòu gǎ de.

This person has a really quirky temper.

mischievous onomatopoeia
(dialect) naughty or mischievous

这孩子打小就挺嘎的。

zhè hái​zi dǎ xiǎo jiù tǐng gǎ de.

This kid has been quite mischievous since he was little.

嘎 gá
cackle onomatopoeia
cackling sound

他听到笑话，忍不住嘎的一声笑出来。

tā tīng​dào xiào​hua, rěn bù zhù gá de yī shēng xiào chu​lai.

He heard the joke and couldn't help but let out a cackle.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,852nd most common 11.9 per million
Movie subtitles
2,672nd most common 6.19 per million appears in 2% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
4.02 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
17.1 per million

Details
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+560E

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)