慨

Translingual

Han character

慨 (radical 61 心+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 心日戈山 (PAIU), four-corner 9101₄, composition ⿰忄既)

1. sigh, regret
2. generous

References

• KangXi: page 399, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11122
• Dae Jaweon: page 739, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2331, character 12
• Unihan data for U+6168

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		慨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎi (kai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): koi², koi³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): khói

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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: koi², koi³
    • Yale: kói, koi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koi², koi³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːi̯³⁵/, /kʰɔːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khói
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /kʰo̯i³¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (慨, reconstructed)
Character (慨), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 咍 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 苦蓋切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰʌiH/	/kʰɑ̆iH/	/kʰᴀiH/	/kʰəiH/	/kʰəjH/	/kʰɒiH/	/kʰɒiH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (慨, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
慨								kài								‹ khojH ›								/*[kʰ]ˤə[t]-s/								disappointed
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
慨					5814					旡					隊					1					磕					/*kʰɯːds/

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Japanese

Kanji

慨

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. rue, lament, be sad
2. sigh

Readings

• Goon: かい (kai)
• Kan’on: かい (kai)
• Kan’yōon: がい (gai)
• Kun: なげく (nageku)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

慨 (khái, khới)

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