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Chinese
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generous; magnanimous
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generous; sad
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| trad. (慷慨)
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慷
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慨
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| simp. #(慷慨)
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慷
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慨
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| alternative forms
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忼慨
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| anagram
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慨慷
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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慨
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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kài
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khojH ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ˁə-s/
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| English
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disappointed
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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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慷
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慨
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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3987
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5814
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Phonetic
component
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庚
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旡
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Rime
group
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陽
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隊
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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慷
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磕
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰlaːŋʔ/
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/*kʰɯːds/
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Adjective
慷慨
- impassioned; vehement; fervent
自古燕趙多慷慨悲歌之士。 [MSC, trad.]
自古燕赵多慷慨悲歌之士。 [MSC, simp.]- Zìgǔ Yànzhào duō kāngkǎi bēigē zhī shì.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- forthright; expansive; frank and straightforward
- generous; beneficent
Synonyms
- 激切 (jīqiè) (literary)
- 激昂 (jī'áng)
- 激烈 (jīliè)
- 奔放 (bēnfàng)
- 曠達 / 旷达 (kuàngdá) (formal)
- 粗獷 / 粗犷
- 豪宕 (háodàng) (literary)
- 豪放 (háofàng)
- 豪爽 (háoshuǎng)
- 豪邁 / 豪迈 (háomài)
Derived terms
Verb
慷慨
- (Classical) to sigh (with regret); to lament; to exclaim
Synonyms
Descendants
Vietnamese
Adjective
慷慨
- chữ Hán form of khảng khái, khẳng khái (“chivalrous”).