楷

楷 U+6977, 楷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6977 ← 楶 [U+6976] CJK Unified Ideographs 楸 → [U+6978]

Translingual

Han character

楷 (radical 75 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木心心日 (DPPA), four-corner 4196₁, composition ⿰木皆)

References

• KangXi: page 542, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15185
• Dae Jaweon: page 930, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1246, character 13
• Unihan data for U+6977

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		楷

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (皆) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
皆	*kriːl
偕	*kriːl
階	*kriːl
喈	*kriːl
稭	*kriːl, *kriːd
堦	*kriːl
楷	*kriːl, *kʰriːlʔ
鶛	*kriːl
湝	*kriːl, *ɡriːl
蝔	*kriːl, *ɡriːl
鍇	*kriːl, *kʰriːlʔ
揩	*kʰriːl
諧	*ɡriːl
瑎	*ɡriːl
龤	*ɡriːl

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎi, jiē (kai³, jie¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞˇ, ㄐㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kaai², gaai¹
• Min Nan (POJ): khái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: kǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞˇ
    • Wade-Giles: k'ai³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kae
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Wade-Giles: chieh¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jie
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kaai², gaai¹
    • Yale: káai, gāai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kaai², gaai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kai², gai¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɑːi̯³⁵/, /kɑːi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khái
    • Tâi-lô: khái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qae
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaɪ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaɪ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaɪ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰaɪ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰaɪ⁴¹/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 楷
Mandarin	Beijing	/kʰai²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/kʰai²¹³/
	Tianjin	/kʰai¹³/
	Jinan	/kʰɛ⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/kʰɛ⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/kʰai⁵³/
	Xi'an	/kʰai⁵³/
	Xining	/kʰɛ⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/kʰɛ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/kʰɛ⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/kʰai⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/kʰai⁴²/
	Chengdu	/kʰai⁵³/
	Guiyang	/kʰai⁴²/
	Kunming	/kʰæ⁵³/
	Nanjing	/kʰae²¹²/ /t͡ɕʰiɛ²¹²/
	Hefei	/kʰe̞²⁴/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kʰai⁵³/
	Pingyao	/kʰæ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/kʰɛ⁵³/
Wu	Shanghai	/kʰa³⁵/
	Suzhou	/kʰɑ⁵¹/
	Hangzhou	/kʰe̞⁵³/ /t͡ɕʰie̞⁵³/
	Wenzhou	/kʰa³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/kʰɛ³⁵/
	Tunxi	/kʰa³¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/kʰai⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/kʰai⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/kʰai²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰoi³¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kʰai³⁵/
	Nanning	/kʰai³⁵/
	Hong Kong	/kai⁵⁵/ /kʰai³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/kʰai⁵³/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kʰai³²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/kʰai²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/kʰai⁵³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/xai³¹/ /kai²³/ 俗

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠɛi/, /kʰˠɛi^X/▼

Rime
Character	楷	楷
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)	皆 (33)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	古諧切	苦駭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛi/	/kʰˠɛiX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæi/	/kʰᵚæiX/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐi/	/kʰɐiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨj/	/kʰəɨjX/
Li Rong	/kɛi/	/kʰɛiX/
Wang Li	/kɐi/	/kʰɐiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kăi/	/kʰăiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiē	qiě

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kriːl/, /*kʰriːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	楷	楷
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	6421	6427
Phonetic component	皆	皆
Rime group	脂	脂
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	皆	楷
Old Chinese	/*kriːl/	/*kʰriːlʔ/

Definitions

楷

1. model, pattern
2. model style of Chinese writing

Compounds

• 一代楷模
• 大楷
• 奉為楷模／奉为楷模
• 小楷
• 工楷
• 恭楷

• 梁楷
• 楷則／楷则
• 楷式
• 楷書／楷书 (kǎishū)
• 楷模 (kǎimó)
• 楷法

• 楷隸／楷隶
• 楷體／楷体
• 模楷
• 正楷
• 蠅頭小楷／蝇头小楷

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Japanese

Kanji

楷

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): かい (kai)
• Kun: かた (kata), のっとる (nottoru), ただしい (tadashii)

Compounds

• 楷書

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Korean

Hanja

楷 • (hae) (hangeul 해, revised hae, McCune-Reischauer hae, Yale hay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: giai, khai

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