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凱

凱

凱 U+51F1, 凱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51F1
← 凰
[U+51F0] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 凲 →
[U+51F2]
See also: 凯

Translingual

Han character

凱 (radical 16 几+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 山廿竹弓 (UTHN), four-corner 27110, composition ⿰豈几)

  1. triumphant
  2. triumph, victory

References

  • KangXi: page 134, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1790
  • Dae Jaweon: page 300, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 278, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+51F1

Chinese

trad. 凱
simp. 凯

Glyph origin

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

豈 + 几.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 凱
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 凱
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 kǎi
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khojX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*C.qʰˤəjʔ/
English pleasant

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 凱
Reading # 1/1
No. 10102
Phonetic
component		 豈
Rime
group		 微
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 愷
Old
Chinese		 /*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ/
Notes 同愷，豈轉註字

Definitions

凱

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Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

凱

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

凱 • ‎(gae) (hangeul 개, revised gae, McCune-Reischauer kae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

凱 (khải, ngai)

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