概

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See also: 槪
概 U+6982, 概
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6982
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Translingual

Stroke order
13 strokes

Han character

概 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9 in Chinese, 木+10 in Japanese, 13 strokes in Chinese, 14 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 木日戈山 (DAIU), four-corner 41914, composition ⿰木既)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 542, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15217
  • Dae Jaweon: page 935, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1256, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+6982

Chinese

trad. 概/槪
simp. 概
alternative forms 槩／概

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 *kɯːds) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 既 (OC *kɯds) – strickle.

Pronunciation

Note: goi3 - variant.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 概
Mandarin Beijing /kai⁵¹/
Harbin /kai⁵³/
Tianjin /kai⁵³/
Jinan /kɛ²¹/
Qingdao /kɛ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /kai³¹²/
Xi'an /kai⁴⁴/
Xining /kɛ²¹³/
Yinchuan /kɛ¹³/
Lanzhou /kɛ¹³/
Ürümqi /kai²¹³/
Wuhan /kʰai³⁵/
Chengdu /kʰai¹³/
/kai¹³/
Guiyang /kʰai²¹³/
Kunming /kʰæ²¹²/
Nanjing /kae⁴⁴/
Hefei /kʰe̞⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /kai⁴⁵/
Pingyao /kæ³⁵/
Hohhot /kʰɛ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /kʰe³⁵/
Suzhou /ke̞⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /ke̞⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /ke⁴²/
Hui Shexian /kɛ³²⁴/
Tunxi /kuə⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /kʰai⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /kʰai⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /kʰai²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /kʰoi³¹/
Taoyuan /kʰoi³¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kʰɔi³³/
Nanning /kʰɔi³³/
Hong Kong /kʰɔi³³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kai²¹/
/kʰai²¹/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kʰɑi²¹²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kʰai³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /kʰai²¹³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /xai³⁵/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 概
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		gài
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kojH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁə-s/
English to strickle

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 概
Reading # 1/1
No. 5812
Phonetic
component 		旡
Rime
group 		隊
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		漑
Old
Chinese 		/*kɯːds/
Notes 槩字注或體今通作此

Definitions

概

  1. general idea
  2. general; rough; approximate
  3. manner; mettle
  4. scenery; scene
  5. without exception; categorically; absolutely
    概不退換／概不退换  ―  gài bù tuìhuàn  ―  absolutely no refunds/exchange
  6. (historical) strickle
  7. (archaic) to strickle; to scrape flat

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai

概

Kyūjitai

槪

Kanji

概

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 槪)

  1. outline
  2. condition
  3. approximation
  4. generally

Readings

Korean

Hanja

概 (eumhun 대개 개 (daegae gae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

概: Hán Nôm readings: khái

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