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gài HSK7

beggar

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Original meaning: cut

Depicts the blade of a knife. Similar in origin to 亡 and 方. Based on the original meaning "cut". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkaːds
kaːd

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.873
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang