kài

cough

Evolution

欬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
欬 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
欬 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

kài

cough; sound of laughter; to cough

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kʰˤək-s

khojH

kài

cough


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+6B2C

Shuowen

“欬,屰气也。从欠,亥聲。”


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