凱

凱

See also: 凯

凱 U+51F1, 凱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51F1 ← 凰 [U+51F0] CJK Unified Ideographs 凲 → [U+51F2]

Translingual

Han character

凱 (radical 16, 几+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 山廿竹弓 (UTHN), four-corner 2711₀, composition ⿰豈几)

References

• KangXi: page 134, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1790
• Dae Jaweon: page 300, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 278, character 13
• Unihan data for U+51F1

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Chinese

trad.		凱
simp.		凯

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (豈) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
獃	*tŋɯː, *ŋɯː
剴	*kŋɯːl, *ŋɯːl
凱	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
愷	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
塏	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
鎧	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯːls
颽	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
暟	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
闓	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯːls
豈	*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ
隑	*ɡɯːls, *ŋɯːl
皚	*ŋɯːl
嵦	*ŋɡɯːl
敳	*ŋɯːl
磑	*ŋɯːl, *ŋuːl, *ŋuːls
螘	*ŋralʔ, *ŋɯlʔ
覬	*krɯls
溰	*ŋɯl
顗	*ŋɯlʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎi (kai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi², ngoi²
• Min Nan (POJ): khái

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞˇ
    • Wade–Giles: k'ai³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kae
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi², ngoi²
    • Yale: hói, ngói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi², ngoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi², ngoi²
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯³⁵/, /ŋɔːy̯³⁵/
• 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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• Middle Chinese: /kʰʌi^X/▼

Rime
Character	凱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦亥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰəiX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰəjX/
Li Rong	/kʰᴀiX/
Wang Li	/kʰɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kǎi

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qʰˤəjʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	凱
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	kǎi
Middle Chinese	‹ khojX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qʰˁəjʔ/
English	pleasant
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	凱
Reading #	1/1
No.	10102
Phonetic component	豈
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	愷
Old Chinese	/*ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ/
Notes	同愷，豈轉註字

Definitions

凱

1. music of triumph
2. triumph; victory
3. Alternative form of 愷／恺 (kǎi, “peaceful; harmonious”).
4. (Taiwan, colloquial) generous with money
5. A surname​.

Compounds

凱子／凯子 (kǎizi) 凱復／凯复 凱恩斯／凯恩斯 (Kǎi'ēnsī) 凱撒／凯撒 (Kǎisā) 凱旋／凯旋 (kǎixuán) 凱旋門／凯旋门 (kǎixuánmén) 凱樂／凯乐 凱歌／凯歌 (kǎigē)

凱澤／凯泽 凱爾特／凯尔特 凱爾特人／凯尔特人 (kǎi'ěrtèrén) 凱瑟林／凯瑟林 凱薩琳／凯萨琳 (Kǎisàlín) 凱里／凯里 (Kǎilǐ) 凱門鰐／凯门鰐 凱風／凯风 (kǎifēng)

奏凱／奏凯 常凱申／常凯申 (Cháng Kǎishēn) 比什凱克／比什凯克 (Bǐshíkǎikè) 比斯凱克／比斯凯克 (Bǐsīkǎikè) 興凱湖／兴凯湖 陸凱／陆凯 魯凱族／鲁凯族 (Lǔkǎizú)

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Japanese

Kanji

凱

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

The definition of this kanji is "triumph" or "victory". Some translations write it as "victory song".

Readings

• Go-on: かい (kai)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kan’yō-on: がい (gai)
• Kun: かちどき (kachidoki, 凱); やわらぐ (yawaragu, 凱らぐ)

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Korean

Hanja

凱 • (gae) (hangeul 개)

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Vietnamese

Han character

凱 (khải, ngai)

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