凱
kǎiKǎi

victorious

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approved by Peter Olson · Dec 20, 2021, 06:41 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Dec 20, 2021, 06:41 PM

old phone note

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Phonosemantic compound. 豈 represents the meaning and 几 represents the sound.

Components

豈
豈 SoundMeaning component
几
几 Sound component
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhojXC.qʰˤəjʔ pleasant

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.430
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica