概

概

See also: 槪

概 U+6982, 概 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6982 ← 榁 [U+6981] CJK Unified Ideographs 榃 → [U+6983]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

概 (radical 75, 木+9 in Chinese, 木+10 in Japanese, 13 strokes in Chinese, 14 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 木日戈山 (DAIU), four-corner 4191₄, composition ⿰木既)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 542, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15217
• Dae Jaweon: page 935, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1256, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6982

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		概
variant forms		槩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (旡) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
溉	*kɯːds, *kɯds
槩	*kɯːds
概	*kɯːds
摡	*kɯːds, *qʰɯds
慨	*kʰɯːds
嘅	*kʰɯːds
穊	*krɯds
暨	*ɡrɯds, *kɯds, *krɯd
鱀	*ɡrɯds, *ɡɯs
塈	*ɡrɯds, *qʰɯds
既	*kɯds
旡	*kɯds
蔇	*kɯds
炁	*kʰɯds
櫭	*ɡrad
曁	*kɯd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gài (gai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): koi², koi³
• Min Nan (POJ): kài,khài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gài
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˋ
    • Wade–Giles: kai⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gay
    • IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: koi², koi³
    • Yale: kói, koi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koi², koi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: koi², koi³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːy̯³⁵/, /kʰɔːy̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài,khài
    • Tâi-lô: kài,khài

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 概
Mandarin	Beijing	/kai⁵¹/
	Harbin	/kai⁵³/
	Tianjin	/kai⁵³/
	Jinan	/kɛ²¹/
	Qingdao	/kɛ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/kai³¹²/
	Xi'an	/kai⁴⁴/
	Xining	/kɛ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/kɛ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/kɛ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/kai²¹³/
	Wuhan	/kʰai³⁵/
	Chengdu	/kʰai¹³/ /kai¹³/
	Guiyang	/kʰai²¹³/
	Kunming	/kʰæ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/kae⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/kʰe̞⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kai⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/kæ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/kʰɛ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/kʰe³⁵/
	Suzhou	/ke̞⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ke̞⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/ke⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/kɛ³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/kuə⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/kʰai⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/kʰai⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/kʰai²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰoi³¹/
	Taoyuan	/kʰoi³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kʰɔi³³/
	Nanning	/kʰɔi³³/
	Hong Kong	/kʰɔi³³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/kai²¹/ /kʰai²¹/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kʰɑi²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/kʰai³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/kʰai²¹³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/xai³⁵/

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• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤə[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	概
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gài
Middle Chinese	‹ kojH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁə[t]-s/
English	to strickle
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	概
Reading #	1/1
No.	5812
Phonetic component	旡
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	漑
Old Chinese	/*kɯːds/
Notes	槩字注或體今通作此

Definitions

概

1. manner; mettle
2. general idea
3. scenery; scene
4. without any exception

Compounds

一概 (yīgài) 一概抹殺／一概抹杀 一概而言 一概而論／一概而论 (yīgài'érlùn) 並概青雲／并概青云 以偏概全 (yǐpiāngàiquán) 勝概／胜概 大概 (dàgài) 斗概 梗概 (gěnggài) 概念 (gàiniàn) 概念句 概念車／概念车

概括 (gàikuò) 概括承受 概數／概数 (gàishù) 概況／概况 (gàikuàng) 概然律 概率 (gàilǜ) 概略 (gàilüè) 概算 (gàisuàn) 概而不論／概而不论 概舉／概举 概莫能外 概要 (gàiyào)

概觀／概观 概說／概说 概論／概论 (gàilùn) 概貌 概述 (gàishù) 權概／权概 氣概／气概 (qìgài) 節概／节概 膜外概置 複合概念／复合概念 關連概念／关连概念 風概／风概

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Japanese

Shinjitai	概
Kyūjitai	槪

Kanji

概

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 槪)

1. outline
2. condition
3. approximation
4. generally

Readings

• Go-on: かい (kai)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kan’yō-on: がい (gai, Jōyō)
• Kun: とかき (tokaki, 概); おおむね (ōmune, 概ね)^{←おほむね (ofomune, historical)}; おもむき (omomuki, 概)

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Korean

Hanja

概 • (gae) (hangeul 개, revised gae, McCune–Reischauer kae, Yale kay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

概 (khái)

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