# 嘉 U+5609 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5609

A Chinese character meaning “excellent; joyful; auspicious”, read jiā in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `嘉` |
| Codepoint | U+5609 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5609 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `嘉` `嘉` |
| CSS | `\5609` |
| JavaScript | `\u5609` |
| UTF-8 | E5 98 89 |
| UTF-16 | 5609 |
| Definition | excellent; joyful; auspicious |
| Mandarin | jiā |
| Cantonese | gaa1 |
| Japanese | KA YOMISURU YOI |
| Korean | KA |

## Related characters

- 嘈 [U+5608 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5608](https://unicodekit.com/char/5608)
- 嘊 [U+560A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-560A](https://unicodekit.com/char/560A)
- 嘇 [U+5607 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5607](https://unicodekit.com/char/5607)
- 嘋 [U+560B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-560B](https://unicodekit.com/char/560B)
- 嘆 [U+5606 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5606](https://unicodekit.com/char/5606)
- 嘌 [U+560C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-560C](https://unicodekit.com/char/560C)
- 嘅 [U+5605 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5605](https://unicodekit.com/char/5605)
- 嘍 [U+560D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-560D](https://unicodekit.com/char/560D)
- 嘄 [U+5604 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5604](https://unicodekit.com/char/5604)
- 嘎 [U+560E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-560E](https://unicodekit.com/char/560E)
- 嘃 [U+5603 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5603](https://unicodekit.com/char/5603)
- 嘏 [U+560F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-560F](https://unicodekit.com/char/560F)

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