懂中文 Dong Chinese

嘅

kǎi, gě

sound of sighing

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 既 represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

既 sound component

既  Sound component

jì

  

already

Evolution

嘅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
嘅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

嘅  

kǎi

sound of sighing; (Cant.) possessive

嘅  

gě

possessive particle (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 的[de]

慨 (嘅) 

kǎi

old variant of 慨[kǎi]; to sigh (with emotion)