愷

See also: 恺

Translingual

Han character

愷 (radical 61 心+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 心山一廿 (PUMT), four-corner 9201₈, composition ⿰忄豈)

1. enjoy, be contented, joyful

References

• KangXi: page 396, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11015
• Dae Jaweon: page 735, character 28
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2337, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6137

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Chinese

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trad.		愷
simp.		恺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎi (kai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: kǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞˇ
    • Wade-Giles: k'ai³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kae
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi²
    • Yale: hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi²
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (愷, reconstructed)
Character (愷), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 咍 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 苦亥切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰʌiX/	/kʰɑ̆iX/	/kʰᴀiX/	/kʰəiX/	/kʰəjX/	/kʰɒiX/	/kʰɒiX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (愷, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
愷								kǎi								‹ khojX ›								/*C.qʰˤəjʔ/								triumphal music; happy
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
愷					10103					豈					微					1					愷					/*ŋ̥ʰɯːlʔ/

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Japanese

Kanji

愷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: かい (kai), がい (gai)
• Kun: たのしむ (tanoshimu)

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Korean

Hanja

愷 (gae) (hangeul 개, revised gae, McCune-Reischauer kae, Yale kay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: khải

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References

• Nom Foundation