凯 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

kǎiKǎi HSK7

victorious

approved by Peter Olson · Dec 20, 2021, 06:42 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Dec 20, 2021, 06:42 PM

old phone

Changed fields: components, historicalPronunciations

Phonosemantic compound. 岂 represents the meaning and 几 represents the sound. Simplified form of 凱.

Components

几 Sound component

Change in sound

凯 and 几 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.