kǎi
victorious
Phonosemantic compound. 豈 represents the meaning and 几 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 凱
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
triumphant | ||
Kevin (person name) | ||
Kate (name) | ||
(name) Kitty, Cathy, Katy, Caddy etc | ||
to return in triumph |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*C.qʰˤəjʔ | khojX | kǎi | pleasant |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 16.8349% of movies
796th most common character in movies
1447th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+51F1 |
Sources
李学勤《字源》p.430
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