慷慨

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Chinese

generous; magnanimous generous; sad
trad. (慷慨) 慷 慨
simp. #(慷慨) 慷 慨
alternative forms 忼慨
anagram 慨慷

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 慷 慨
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 唐 (101) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 苦朗切 苦蓋切
Baxter khangX khojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰɑŋX/ /kʰʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰɑŋX/ /kʰəiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰɑŋX/ /kʰɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰaŋX/ /kʰəjH/
Li
Rong 		/kʰɑŋX/ /kʰᴀiH/
Wang
Li 		/kʰɑŋX/ /kʰɒiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kʰɑŋX/ /kʰɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kǎng kài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hong2 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 慷 慨
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3987 5814
Phonetic
component 		庚 旡
Rime
group 		陽 隊
Rime
subdivision 		0 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		慷 磕
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰlaːŋʔ/ /*kʰɯːds/

Adjective

慷慨

  1. 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)
  2. forthright; expansive; frank and straightforward
  3. generous; beneficent

Synonyms

  • (impassioned):
  • (forthright):

Derived terms

Verb

慷慨

  1. (Classical) to sigh (with regret); to lament; to exclaim

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (慷慨):

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
慷慨

Adjective

慷慨

  1. chữ Hán form of khảng khái, khẳng khái (“chivalrous”).
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