慨

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慨 U+6168, 慨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6168
← 慧
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 慩 →

慨 U+FA3E, 慨
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA3E
← 悔
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 憎 →

Translingual

Han character

慨 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+9 in Chinese, 心+10 in Japanese, 12 strokes in Chinese, 13 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 心日戈山 (PAIU), four-corner 91014, composition ⿰忄既)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 399, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11122
  • Dae Jaweon: page 739, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2331, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+6168

Chinese

trad. 慨
simp. # 慨
alternative forms 嘅

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (旡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
溉 *kɯːds, *kɯds
槩 *kɯːds
概 *kɯːds
摡 *kɯːds, *qʰɯds
慨 *kʰɯːds
嘅 *kʰɯːds
穊 *krɯds
暨 *ɡrɯds, *kɯds, *krɯd
鱀 *ɡrɯds, *ɡɯs
塈 *ɡrɯds, *qʰɯds
既 *kɯds
旡 *kɯds
蔇 *kɯds
炁 *kʰɯds
櫭 *ɡrad
曁 *kɯd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰɯːds): semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 既 (OC *kɯds).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 慨
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 苦蓋切
Baxter khojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰəiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰəjH/
Li
Rong 		/kʰᴀiH/
Wang
Li 		/kʰɒiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hoi3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 慨
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		kài
Middle
Chinese 		‹ khojH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁə-s/
English disappointed

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 慨
Reading # 1/1
No. 5814
Phonetic
component 		旡
Rime
group 		隊
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		磕
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰɯːds/

Definitions

慨

  1. indignant; resentful
  2. generous; impassioned; vehement
  3. with emotion
  4. to rue; to be sad

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai 慨
Kyūjitai
慨
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or
慨+&#xFE00;?
慨󠄁
慨+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
慨󠄈
慨+&#xE0108;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

慨

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 慨)

  1. rue, lament, be sad
  2. sigh

Readings

  • Go-on: かい (kai)
  • Kan-on: かい (kai)
  • Kan’yō-on: がい (gai, Jōyō)
  • Kun: なげく (nageku, 慨く)

References

  1. ^ “慨”, in 漢字ぺディア ‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

慨 • (gae) (hangeul 개, revised gae, McCune–Reischauer kae, Yale kay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

慨: Hán Nôm readings: khái, khới

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