gài
approximately
Original meaning:
rod used to level off a heaped measure
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 既 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 概
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
roughly | ||
concept | ||
probability (math.) | ||
to summarize | ||
mettle |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[k]ˤə[t]-s | kojH | gài | to strickle |
Statistics
HSK level 3
Appears in 47.0447% of movies
935th most common character in movies
791st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+6982 |
Shuowen | “,斗斛。从木,既聲。邵瑛羣經正字:“今經典多作概。” |
Sources
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