kǎi
sigh
Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 既 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嘅.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 慨
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
vehement | ||
rueful | ||
to resent | ||
to give generously to charity | ||
lament |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[kʰ]ˤə[t]-s | khojH | kài | disappointed |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 7.5284% of movies
2288th most common character in movies
2208th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+6168 |
Shuowen | “慨，忼慨，壯士不得志也。从心，既聲。” |
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