凱歌

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See also: 凯歌

Chinese

triumphant; victorious song
trad. (凱歌)
simp. (凯歌)
alternative forms 愷歌恺歌

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (29) (28)
Final () (41) (94)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter khojX ka
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰʌiX/ /kɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰəiX/ /kɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɒiX/ /kɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰəjX/ /ka/
Li
Rong
/kʰᴀiX/ /kɑ/
Wang
Li
/kʰɒiX/ /kɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰɑ̆iX/ /kɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kǎi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hoi2 go1

Noun

凱歌

  1. song of triumph; paean

Japanese

Kanji in this term
がい
Jinmeiyō

Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 凱歌 (MC khojX ka).

Pronunciation

Noun

(がい)() (gaikaがいか (gaika)?

  1. (literary) song of triumph; paean

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN