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愷

愷

See also: 恺

Translingual

Han character

愷 (radical 61 心+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 心山一廿 (PUMT), four-corner 92018, composition ⿰忄豈)

  1. enjoy, be contented, joyful

References

  • KangXi: page 396, character 38
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11015
  • Dae Jaweon: page 735, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2337, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6137

Chinese

trad. 愷
simp. 恺

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 愷
Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (豈) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
獃 *tŋɯː, *ŋɯː
剴 *kŋɯːl, *ŋɯːl
凱 *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ
愷 *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ
塏 *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ
鎧 *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̥ʰɯːls
颽 *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ
暟 *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ
闓 *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̥ʰɯːls
豈 *ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̥ʰɯlʔ
隑 *ɡɯːls, *ŋɯːl
皚 *ŋɯːl
嵦 *ŋɡɯːl
敳 *ŋɯːl
磑 *ŋɯːl, *ŋuːl, *ŋuːls
螘 *ŋralʔ, *ŋɯlʔ
覬 *krɯls
溰 *ŋɯl
顗 *ŋɯlʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 愷
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 苦亥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰʌiX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰəiX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰɒiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰəjX/
Li
Rong		 /kʰᴀiX/
Wang
Li		 /kʰɒiX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰɑ̆iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 kǎi
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 愷
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 kǎi
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khojX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*C.qʰˤəjʔ/
English triumphal music; happy

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 愷
Reading # 1/1
No. 10103
Phonetic
component		 豈
Rime
group		 微
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 愷
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ/

Definitions

愷

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Compounds

  • 八愷／八恺
  • 愷悌／恺悌
  • 愷悌君子／恺悌君子
  • 愷樂／恺乐
  • 愷歌／恺歌
  • 敏練慈愷／敏练慈恺
  • 爽愷／爽恺

Japanese

Kanji

愷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. enjoy
  2. be contented
  3. joyful

Readings

Korean

Hanja

愷 • ‎(gae) (hangeul 개, revised gae, McCune-Reischauer kae, Yale kay)

  1. peaceful
  2. enjoy
  3. ease up

Vietnamese

Han character

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References

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