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Translingual
Han character
凱 (Kangxi radical 16, 几+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 山廿竹弓 (UTHN), four-corner 27110, composition ⿰豈几)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 134, character 31
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1790
- Dae Jaweon: page 300, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 278, character 13
- Unihan data for U+51F1
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 獃
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*tŋɯː, *ŋɯː
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| 剴
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*kŋɯːl, *ŋɯːl
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| 凱
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*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
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| 愷
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*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
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| 塏
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*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
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| 鎧
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*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯːls
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| 颽
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*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
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| 暟
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*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
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| 闓
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*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯːls
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| 豈
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*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ
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| 隑
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*ɡɯːls, *ŋɯːl
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| 皚
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*ŋɯːl
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| 嵦
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*ŋɡɯːl
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| 敳
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*ŋɯːl
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| 磑
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*ŋɯːl, *ŋuːl, *ŋuːls
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| 螘
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*ŋralʔ, *ŋɯlʔ
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| 覬
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*krɯls
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| 溰
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*ŋɯl
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| 顗
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*ŋɯlʔ
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Two possibilities:
- Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ) : semantic 豈 (“drum”) + phonetic 几 (OC *krilʔ), in which case 豈 may have been the initial form of this character.
- Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ) : phonetic 豈 (OC *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ) + semantic 几.
Originally used to mean “music of triumph; victory music”.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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凱
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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
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‹ khojX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*C.qʰˁəjʔ/
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| English
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pleasant
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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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凱
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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10102
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Phonetic
component
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豈
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Rime
group
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微
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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愷
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ/
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| Notes
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同愷，豈轉註字
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Definitions
凱
- music of triumph; paean
- triumph; victory
- triumphant; victorious
- Alternative form of 愷／恺 (kǎi, “peaceful; harmonious”)
- (Taiwan, colloquial) generous with money
- a surname
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
凱
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- triumph, victory
Readings
Korean
Hanja
凱 (eum 개 (gae))
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Vietnamese
Han character
凱: Hán Nôm readings: khải, ngai
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