kài
anger
Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 氣 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 愾
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
anger | ||
anger against a common enemy (idiom); joined in opposition to the same adversary |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*qʰəp-s | xj+jH | kài | sigh; angry |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
5024th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+613E |
Shuowen | “愾，大息也。从心，从氣，氣亦聲。《詩》曰：‘愾我寤歎。’” |
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