佳
jiā
Earth element 土
fine, excellent, beautiful
Element
Earth 土
Radical
亻
Strokes
8
Use
Leans feminine
In five-element thinking, Earth carries steadiness, trust, grounding. A name built on 佳 leans on that energy.
The radical
the person radical (人): a person, humanity, character, and how one stands among others.
As a given-name character, 佳 leans feminine, chosen for grace as much as meaning. It is 8 strokes to write.
The image behind the character
丽以佳只
《楚辞·大招》（景差）
佳 appears in this classical line. Read it as the picture the character draws on, part of why it carries the feeling it does.
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