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U+8A72, 該
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A72

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 149, +6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜女人 (YRYVO), four-corner 00682, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1158, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35445
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1624, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3970, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+8A72

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kɯː) : semantic + phonetic (OC *ɡɯːʔ).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /kai⁵⁵/
Harbin /kai⁴⁴/
Tianjin /kai²¹/
Jinan /kɛ²¹³/
Qingdao /kɛ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /kai²⁴/
Xi'an /kai²¹/
Xining /kɛ⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /kɛ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /kɛ³¹/
Ürümqi /kai⁴⁴/
Wuhan /kai⁵⁵/
Chengdu /kai⁵⁵/
Guiyang /kai⁵⁵/
Kunming /kæ⁴⁴/
Nanjing /kae³¹/
Hefei /ke̞²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /kai¹¹/
Pingyao /kæ¹³/
Hohhot /kɛ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ke⁵³/
Suzhou /ke̞⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ke̞³³/
Wenzhou /ke³³/
Hui Shexian /kɛ³¹/
Tunxi /kuə¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /kai³³/
Xiangtan /kai³³/
Gan Nanchang /kai⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /koi⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /koi²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kɔi⁵³/
Nanning /kɔi⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /kɔi⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kai⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kai⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kai⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /kai³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /kai²³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter koj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/kəi/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəj/
Li
Rong
/kᴀi/
Wang
Li
/kɒi/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gāi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
goi1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
gāi
Middle
Chinese
‹ koj ›
Old
Chinese
/*ˁə/
English all, complete

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 4803
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kɯː/

Definitions

  1. to contain; to include
  2. extensive; comprehensive; wide
  3. will be; going to be
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  4. should; ought to; need to; have to
      ―  gāi  ―  damned
      ―  gāi qù shuì le.  ―  I must go to sleep now.
  5. to deserve; to serve someone right
    再三使酒便發怒:「將令!」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
    再三使酒便发怒:「将令!」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
    From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14th century CE
    Bào zàisān bù yǐn, Fēi zuì hòu shǐjiǔ, biàn fānù yuē: “Nǐ wéi wǒ jiānglìng, gāi dǎ yī bǎi!”
    Bao repeatedly declined to drink. Fei was tipsy from all the wine, and angrily said, "You are in violation of my orders. You deserve 100 lashes!"
  6. to be one's turn (to do something)
  7. (colloquial) to owe
  8. all; everywhere
  9. particle used for emphasis
  10. (formal) the aforementioned; such; that; this
      ―  gāi chù  ―  that place
  11. (dialectal) that; this
Synonyms
  • (should):

Compounds

Etymology 2

Contraction of .

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Ningbonese) this
    [Ningbonese]  ―  7kiq-geq0 [Wugniu]  ―  this one
Synonyms

Etymology 3

trad.
simp.
alternative forms

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • koi4 - "this", "so";
  • koi4* - "here".

    Definitions

    (Taishanese)

    1. this
    2. this; so; such
    3. here
    Synonyms

    Japanese

    Kanji

    (Jōyō kanji)

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    Readings

    • Go-on: かい (kai)
    • Kan-on: かい (kai)
    • Kan’yō-on: がい (gai, Jōyō)
    • Kun: かねる (kaneru, 該ねる)その (sono, 該の)

    Korean

    Hanja

    (hae) (hangeul , revised hae, McCune–Reischauer hae, Yale hay)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    : Hán Nôm readings: cai, cơi

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    Zhuang

    Verb

    1. Sawndip form of gai (to sell)