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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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愷
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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kǎi
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Middle
Chinese
|
‹ khojX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*C.qʰˁəjʔ/
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| English
|
triumphal music; happy
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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愷
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悌
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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| No.
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10103
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2296
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Phonetic
component
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豈
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弟
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Rime
group
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微
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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愷
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弟
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ/
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/*diːlʔ/
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Adjective
愷悌
- (literary, of the mind) happy and content; at ease; peaceful and graceful
營營青蠅，止于樊。豈弟君子，無信讒言。
营营青蝇，止于樊。岂弟君子，无信谗言。 - From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yíngyíng qīngyíng, zhǐ yú fán. Kǎitì jūnzǐ, wùxìn chányán.
- They buzz about, the blue flies,
Lighting on the fences.
O happy and courteous sovereign,
Do not believe slanderous speeches.